2015 Echezeaux
By Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
2015 Echezeaux from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Burgundy, France
In the pantheon of fine wines, the delicate nuance and profound complexity of Burgundy's offerings perpetually enrapture the connoisseur's palate. Even within this revered company, the 2015 Echezeaux from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti stands as a paragon, bearing witness to a vintage marked by serendipitous climatic generosity.
A Vintage Distinguished by Nature's Favour
The 2015 season unfurled with a clement spring followed by a summer that swelled with warmth, bestowing upon the grapes an optimal balance of ripeness and poise. It was a year that vignerons speak of in hushed tones, for nature allows but a scant few vintages such grace. It is in this milieu that the Echezeaux vines, entrenched in their storied terroir, yielded fruit of unparalleled character—fruit from which the alchemy of vinification birthed a liquid chronicle of splendour.
Elegance and Earnest: The Investment-Worthy Elixir
With a tessellation of fragrances ranging from ripe cherries and fresh violets to undercurrents of complex spice, the bouquet of this particular wine beacons the sequential depiction of an autumnal tapestry. On sipping, there is both concentration and finesse; dignity meets vivacity in a dance upon the tongue. Tannins—assertive yet impeccably tailored—suggest an architecture that will evolve graciously with cellaring. This 2015 vintage manifests not just as an ephemeral delight but as an investment in sensory dividends to mature over time.
Predictions lean towards magnanimity for those who harness the prescience to include this stellar vintage within their portfolio. The 2015 Echezeaux from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, with its balance and breed, encapsulates everything one anticipates from this illustrious appellation.
The Hallmark of an Exemplary Year
The composition concludes thus: whether you are imbibing or investing, the 2015 Echezeaux ushers you into the realm of enological royalty—a vintage graced by climatic favouritism, nurtured by unparalleled expertise and destined for a trajectory that commands attention and respect in the world of fine wine investment.
Market price (USD)
$36,920.00
12x75cl
Highest score
93
POP score
2326.15
Scores and tasting notes
After the more restrained Corton, the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti's 2015 Échézeaux Grand Cru bursts from the glass with a flamboyant bouquet of mulberry, black cherry, wood smoke and a lavish framing of new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, concentrated and intense, with a classically firm chassis of tannin and a lovely core of sappy, succulent fruit. This was the last of DRC's vineyards to be harvested, but despite its overtly ripe aromas and flavors, it retains superb acidity and focus and should amply reward cellaring. Cropped at 26 hectoliters per hectare and harvested September 12 and 14.
William Kelley - The Wine Advocate, 28 February 2018