Copious quantities of red and black cherries make up the 2001 Grands-Echezeaux’s aromatic and flavor profiles. Lush, supple, and chewy-textured, this outstanding wine is plump, layered, and spicy. Highly expressive, it dominates the palate with its sweet candied fruit, enveloping its ripe tannin so that it is barely noticeable. It is the finest red I’ve tasted from this producer. Anticipated maturity: now-2012. Louis-Fabrice Latour, not one to mince words, really disliked the 2000 vintage for reds. “It exemplified what I do not care for in red Burgundies, so I opted to produce no grand crus in 2000,” which is no mean feat when one realizes that Latour owns close to 19 hectares (47 acres) of Pinot Noir in grand cru vineyards. “However, as much as I did not like the 2000 reds, I love the 2001s. They have both firmness and fruit, it is an original.” Jean-Pierre Jobard, this firm’s winemaker, chimed in to add that “we’ve rarely seen a vintage as firm as 2001 in Burgundy.” It is that firmness that prevented more of Latour’s 2001 reds from being recommended, as they were found to be hard and astringent. Maison Louis Latour has a different importer in each state.

Copious quantities of red and black cherries make up the 2001 Grands-Echezeaux’s aromatic and flavor profiles. Lush, supple, and chewy-textured, this outstanding wine is plump, layered, and spicy. Highly expressive, it dominates the palate with its sweet candied fruit, enveloping its ripe tannin so that it is barely noticeable. It is the finest red I’ve tasted from this producer. Anticipated maturity: now-2012.Louis-Fabrice Latour, not one to mince words, really disliked the 2000 vintage for reds. “It exemplified what I do not care for in red Burgundies, so I opted to produce no grand crus in 2000,” which is no mean feat when one realizes that Latour owns close to 19 hectares (47 acres) of Pinot Noir in grand cru vineyards. “However, as much as I did not like the 2000 reds, I love the 2001s. They have both firmness and fruit, it is an original.” Jean-Pierre Jobard, this firm’s winemaker, chimed in to add that “we’ve rarely seen a vintage as firm as 2001 in Burgundy.” It is that firmness that prevented more of Latour’s 2001 reds from being recommended, as they were found to be hard and astringent.Maison Louis Latour has a different importer in each state.