Louis Latour : Echezeaux Grand cru 2015

The 2015 Echezeaux Grand Cru opens in the glass with a bouquet of cassis and plums, generously framed by spicy new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and fine-grained, with the atypical concentration and depth at the core so characteristic of the 2015 vintage, and a surprisingly bright line of acidity that verges on tartness and accordingly lowers my score. Since Echezeaux normally produces some of the highest-pH musts of all the Côte de Nuits grands crus, I wonder if this was simply overzealously acidified in this warm vintage? There are good raw materials here, and I suspect time will be kind to the wine, but it is a bit angular and disjointed out of the gates.

Voluptuous and fragrant cherry-led red fruit nose. Sleek attack, with all the silkiness of Echézeaux at its best; this is lifted, pure and well defined. Really stylish and beautifully balanced, with admirable length.