Echezeaux is a grand cru Vineyard covering the slopes above the Clos de Burgundy/cote-de-nuits/vougeot">Vougeot vineyard in Burgundy's Cote de Nuits. Like its famous neighbor, it is considerably larger than most grand cru vineyards, covering nearly 40 hectares (100 acres) of land. Echezeaux wines, made exclusively from Pinot Noir, are on the Full-bodied end of the Burgundy spectrum, showing red fruit as well as spice and undergrowth characters.
The 37.
7 hectare (93 acre) climat is located within the Village of Flagey-Echezeaux, just North of the famous vineyards of Vosne-Romanée. From its lower (eastern) end to the the upper slopes, the wider vineyard covers land stretching from the edge of Clos de Vougeot and Grands-Echezeaux up to where the Côte d'Or's vineyards give way to forest.
The Musigny vineyard is just to the north, and a line of premier cru vineyards to the South separates Echezeaux from the Richebourg and Romanée-Saint-Vivant vineyards.
Echezeaux's lower areas tend to have heavier clay soils and poor drainage – a result of both this soil makeup and their proximity to the valley basin below.
The northeastern quarter of the site is occupied by the independently recognized Grands-Echezeaux climat – acknowledged as being superior to the other Echezeaux wines and thus more deserving of its separate grand cru appellation status.
Since 1937 (when the Echezeaux Grand Cru appellation was created) some prominent voices in the wine trade have suggested that perhaps only parts of Echezeaux are truly of grand cru quality. As in Clos de Vougeot, the climat's fragmented nature has exacerbated this variation in Terroir.
Today, Echezeaux's largest land owner is Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, with nearly 5 hectares (12 acres) of vines.
Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
red wines from the region of Échezeaux Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of melt-in-the-mouth pork tenderloin casserole, bigos (polish sauerkraut with paprika) or roast duck breast stuffed with porcini mushrooms and chanterelles.
On the nose in the region of Échezeaux Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, citrus fruit or raisin and sometimes also flavors of toasty, red plum or mint. In the mouth in the region of Échezeaux Grand Cru is a powerful with a nice freshness.
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