Domaine Gros Frere et Soeur Echezeaux Grand Cru Pinot Noir Burgundy FR Cote de Nuits 2020

Domaine Gros Frere et Soeur Echezeaux Grand Cru Pinot Noir Burgundy FR Cote de Nuits 2020

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Wine Review

Domaine Gros Frère et Soeur
2020
Echézeaux
Grand Cru Red 750 ml
Score: 93 BURGHOUND
Tasted: Jan 10, 2023
Drink: 2035+
Issue: 89
Note: from vines in Loächausses planted in 1989 and 1995 along with a small amount of Echézeaux du Dessus
Producer note: As previously reported, Bernard Gros has ceded the direction of the domaine to his son Vincent, who commented that the 2021 vintage was "challenging but in the end, it was no worse than 2020 in terms of volume, though for very different reasons. There was of course the frost, but the flowering didn't pass especially well as there was a lot of shatter. In the end, we were off about 35%, which is to say about 30 hl/ha. We picked from the 23rd of September and brought in ripe fruit despite the coolness of the growing season. Potential alcohols were in the 12.5 to 13% range and thus there was no need to chaptalize. I did concentrate the Vosne villages but not the rest of the range. As to the wines, they're what I would call classically styled and definitely not at all like the trio of 2018 to 2020." I found much to like in both the 2021 and 2020 vintages, and these are wines to check out as they typically sell for reasonable prices, at least in the context of the current marked for Vosne grand crus. I would repeat my comment from last year that Vincent decided to radically reduce the oak influence in his wines and it is definitely noticeable and, in my view, a welcome change. The 2020s, reviewed below, were bottled in February 2022. (Atherton Wine Imports, www.awiwine.com, CA and DC Flynt MW Selections, www.dcflyntmw.com, LA, both USA; Fine + Rare Wines Ltd., www.frw.co.uk, UK; L'Imperatrice Fine Wines, https://imperatricewine.com.hk, Hong Kong/Macau; Domaine Wine Cellars, www.domaine.com.tw, Taiwan).
Tasting note: Discreet wood frames fresh and layered aromas of red and dark currant, floral and anise whiffs. The supple, delicious and energetic medium-bodied flavors possess excellent depth on the balanced, focused and sneaky long though very firm finale. This is a wine of contrasts as the velvety mid-palate doesn't prepare you for the dense tannic spine shaping the finish.