Superconcentrated and ripe, with plum compote, fruitcake, licorice and spice aromas and flavors, this is hedonistic. A bit over the top, showing some heat on the finish, but there's no denying the intensity and exuberance. Best from 2022 through 2035. 20 cases imported.??–BS??Region: France / Burgundy / Echézeaux Select to Add

Ample spice and toast notes frame the black cherry and black currant flavors in this intense red. Ends on the spice box side, with firm tannins and excellent length. Best from 2018 through 2029. 10 cases imported.??–BS??Region: France / Burgundy / Echézeaux Select to Add

Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Echézeaux Grand Cru has an earthy, undergrowth-scented bouquet, bold and glossy with underlying bacon fat aromas. It opens up nicely in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with firm and dry tannin, rendering this a "serious" Echezeaux that needs to forage for more tension and animation. There is decent length here but it feels a little dry and animally on the finish. Tasted September 2016.

Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. There is a touch of reduction on the nose of the Echézeaux Grand Cru 2011, here manifesting a scent like a new Hornby train set that later turns to hickory! It is rather off-putting. The palate is medium-bodied with a touch of mocha on the entry emanating from the oak, and that coffee-tincture continues through to the end. It is harmonious and soft in the mouth, so it offers easy-drinking pleasure. You just need to abide the obvious oak at the moment.

The 2010 Echezeaux is rich, ripe and surprisingly open. Plums, black cherries, spices and dried flowers are layered into the sensual finish. The Echezeaux gives the impression that it will drink well relatively early, but there is also enough intensity and depth to make me think it is likely to offer a very broad window of highly pleasurable drinking. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2030. I tasted all of Bernard Gros’s 2010s from tank, where the wines were settling for the winter. As is his usual custom, Gros concentrated the wines 10-15%, and therefore did not feel the need to chaptalize any of his 2010s. He calls 2010 a good vintage for quality but not the wallet, as yields are down 30-40%. Importer: Atherton Imports, Menlo Park, CA; tel. (650) 328-6639