2021 Echezeaux, Les Loachausses, Grand Cru, Domaine Anne Gros, Burgundy

The 2021 Echézeaux Les Loachausses Grand Cru is understated and well-defined on the nose: brambly red fruit, crushed stone, and pressed flower touches. Again, this is a transparency that I admire. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, elegant and poised, gently building towards a cohesive, harmonious finish. It is nicely poised and not built for long-term ageing, but it will dish out mid-term pleasure.

Drink 2024 - 2039

From a .76 ha parcel, which is about 30% of the total climat.

Here, too, there is a hint of green tea to the similar nose of spiced plum, dark pinot and violet scents. The sleek, beautifully detailed and vibrant flavours possess more volume even if they're not especially dense, all wrapped in an attractively textured, lingering and nicely complex finale. This is quite good in its understated fashion.

Drink from 2029 onward

A very pretty light purple. The nose is delicate, lacy, sensual, fine-boned. It’s well worth another sniff. For all the delicacy of the nose, the palate delivers a slightly more sumptuous elegance, still discreet in the Domaine’s style, yet with fine persistence.

Drink 2027 - 2033