Echézeaux, Grand Cru, 2016

Hit severely by frost, the Echézeaux crop has been reduced by half. Rich, full but curvy and voluptuous. Powerful and concentrated yet extroverted, notes of ripe red fruits, kirsch and griotte. Large-framed but replete with fruit. From three parcels, the great Les Cruots (much beloved by Henri Jayer,) Clos St Denis and Champs Traversins, making this a lively and bright, elegant style of Echézeaux.