Domaine de la Romanee Conti   Grand Echezeaux

2015 Grand Echezeaux

By Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

2015 Grand Echezeaux from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Burgundy, France

In an era where fine wine investment favours provenance and prestige, the 2015 Grand Echezeaux from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti emerges as a prime candidate. My intimate acquaintance with Burgundy's offerings alerts me to the distinctiveness of this particular vintage. Not all years channel the terroir's voice with equal clarity, but 2015 sang harmoniously, expressing storied earth in liquid mythology.

 

Vintage Virtues: The 2015 Climatic Ballet

Context is vital when divining the essence of a vintage. The 2015 growing season favoured Burgundy’s vineyards with benevolence, granting a harmonious progression of optimal conditions. A mild winter ceded to a warm summer, instilling vigour into the Grand Echezeaux’s grapes. The result? A wine that melds structure with sensuality in a dance that's both captivating and complex.

 

The Sensorial Gallery: 2015 Grand Echezeaux on the Palate

Tasting the 2015 Grand Echezeaux is akin to wandering through an artfully curated gallery of flavours. The wine exhibits a boldness, reflective of its sun-dappled provenance paired with a vibrancy that whispers of cool autumn nights pre-harvest. In its aromatic portfolio, one finds a tapestry interwoven with ripe cherry, vivacious spice, and an earthiness that roots itself deep within one's olfactory senses.

Effortless elegance is the hallmark here; opulent fruit anchored by lively acidity and adorned by finely-spun tannins presents itself upon tasting. It's a wine that invests heavily in the longevity of its appeal as well as its potential for appreciation in more ways than one.

To articulate the investment potential and character of the 2015 Grand Echezeaux within this compendium reflects not only on the excellence imbibed within Domaine de la Romanee-Conti’s creation but highlights how pivotal climatic serendipity is to fostering wines of profound depth and allure. This vintage remains a testament to and a beacon for connoisseurs and investors alike who seek out singular narratives spun within each bottle's repose.

Current market price

£36,750.00

12x75cl

Highest score

94

POP score

2625

Scores and tasting notes

94

The 2015 Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru is more brooding and reserved than the Échézeaux, opening in the glass with notes of raspberry, plum preserve, currant leaf, blood orange, hints of the forest floor to come and, again, a rich framing of new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with notable structural amplitude and a long, authoritative and firmly tannic finish. This is always a wine that takes a long time to show all its cards, and the 2015 is no exception, but the raw materials indicate that patience will bear dividends. Cropped at 30 hectoliters per hectare and harvested September 11 and 12.

William Kelley - The Wine Advocate, 28 February 2018

Vintage performance