COLLECTION GRANDS CRUS
GRANDS-ECHEZEAUX
Grand Cru
Pure ruby, bright and deep—its clear robe often leans toward garnet or purplish-violet tones, with a color that commands attention.
With age, its aromatic palette turns toward pepper, musk, fur, leather, spice, and prune. It can evoke forest floor, moss, mushrooms, and game. In its youth, the wine reveals hints of pine, wild rose, violet, and fresh cherry.
Serene with age, subtle and refined, it captures all the nuance of its origin and the full artistry of Pinot Noir on a storied terroir.
Brilliant in structure, it is solid, full-bodied, and richly harmonious.
This is a Grand wine before it is an Échezeaux—distinguished by its depth, vinosity, and dense texture.
- Total area under this appellation: 9ha 14a 45ca
- Area under production at the domaine: 1ha 44a 40ca
- Soil: Rich in clay on Bajocian limestone
- Altitude: 260 meters
- Grape varieties: 100% Pinot Noir
- Average age of vines: 60 years
- Harvesting: By hand exclusively, hand-sorted in the winery
- Destemming: According to the quality of the vintage
- Maturing: 100% new oak barrels
A PERSONAL REFLECTION
Terroir, ORIGIN,
and identity
Facing East/South-East and located at an altitude of 260 meters, this Appellation is based on superficial formations and has as «parent soil» of cone gravel, also called «old alluvial deposits» or «alluvial cones».
The efficient draining of its soil is an attribute of soils on alluvial cones.
The soil that supports the root system of the vines is the result of the disintegration of the rocky material of these formations.
During the Jurassic period, the Côte d’Or was covered by a sea that left distinctive marine calcified deposits in its path. This «mille-feuille» of sedimentations holds the different limestones and marls which compose the soil of the Côte and more particularly of the Appellation Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru.
