Joseph Drouhin, Echezeaux, Grand Cru 2019

$425.00

Joseph Drouhin, Echezeaux, Grand Cru 2019

$425.00

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Vineyard

Site: surrounded by Clos Vougeot and Musigny, this a vineyard of great repute.

History & tradition: the name comes from “chezal” (plural “chezeaux”): a hamlet. The pronunciation, “Echeuzaux” (Ay-sheu-zo), is unchanged to this day, in spite of the accent placed on the name in the 20th Century (“Echézaux”).

Soil: clay and limestone. On a moderate incline, facing due east.

Drouhin estate: 0,41 ha. (1 acre)

Average age of the vines: 40 years.

 

Viticulture

Biological cultivation since 1990; biodynamic cultivation a few years later

Vine stocks: “sélection massale” (propagation of new vine stocks from a number of selected vines) done at the Drouhin nursery; also clones of recognized quality.

Soil maintenance: compost of manure and white wood, sometimes guano (seabird manure used as fertilizer). Soil is ploughed either by tractor or by horse to manage spreading of weeds.

Treatment: only authorized products for biological cultivation are used: infusions and macerations of plant materials, sulfur and copper, powdered rock. Natural predators are not eliminated.

Plantation density: from 10,000 to 12,500 stocks/ha in order to extract all possible nuances from the terroir and limit the production of each vine stock.

Pruning: Guyot.

Yield: we aim to keep our yields low, more in line with the previous regulation: around 20% less than allowed by the current law.

 

Vinification

Harvesting: by hand, in small open crates in order to preserve the integrity of the fruit.

Sorting of the grapes: in the vineyard and at the “cuverie” (winery) if necessary.

Maceration:

  • maceration and vinification take 2 to 3 weeks
  • indigenous yeasts
  • maceration and fermentation temperatures under total control.

Joseph Drouhin seeks total control of the process of extraction; extraction gives colour and substance to a wine but should never be detrimental to its finesse and typical character.

“Pigeage” (punching down of the cap during fermentation): once a day until half of fermentation is done; one pumping over (“remontage”) per day till the end of the fermentation.

Pressing: separation of free run juice from pressed juice.

 

Ageing

Type: in barrels (20% in new oak).

Length: 14 to 18 months.

Origin of the wood: French oak forests.

Weathering of the wood: Joseph Drouhin insists on total control of the weathering for a period of 3 years, one of the contributing elements to the elegance of the wine.

Follow-up: barrel by barrel.

Fining (collage, to clarify the wine): light, after careful tasting.

 

Throughout the ageing process, decisions are taken only after careful tasting evaluation, barrel by barrel. The data obtained is then completed through technical analysis. As with every other Joseph Drouhin wine, absolute priority is given to the true expression of terroir and character of the vintage.

 

Tasting note by Véronique Boss-Drouhin

“Elegance and perfection, two of Joseph Drouhin’s tenets. The color is bright and intense. A full palette of aromas reminiscent of stone fruit (cherry, peach, apricot), cocoa, exotic wood (cedar). On the palate, the texture is like silk and velvet. In the aftertaste, the same touch of dark chocolate is in evidence. Extremely long aftertaste”.

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