Marchand & Tawse, Echezeaux

Marchand & Tawse, Echezeaux(from Les Treux and Rouge du Bas). A brooding if attractively perfumed nose features spicy notes of plum, dark raspberry and soft wood spice. The round and velvet textured flavors possess good volume and reasonable concentration though the lingering finish seems a bit flat and dull. There appears to be good underlying material so this could well come together, especially because the one thing that the 2017 vintage doesnt lack is energy. (89 91) 2029+

the finish hangs in there with its dusty cherries

particularly on the delicious and mineral suffused medium plus weight flavors that possess superb focus and really lovely detail on the layered

this is satisfying and delicious plus it could easily be enjoyed young

The wine is aged in large oak casks

Prominent notes of honeysuckle and passion fruit are laced with a variety of spice and citrus elements

this is a terribly precise and sharp TBA that lifts even 340 grams per liter of residual sugar into wuthering heights thanks to 12 grams per liter of acidity

a medium to full-bodied

Moroccan spices

with a touch of extra fruitiness and spiciness

black cherry jam

intense and muscular big-bodied flavors are shaped by ripe tannins that are well-buffered by an abundance of plenty of dry extract before culminating in a balanced

dark raspberry and soft wood spice