Clos de Vougeot, Domaine d'Eugénie 2018

Clear bright mid purple. The bouquet is engagingly fresh as well. Nuanced, attractive. The stems add a drier dimension in youth but there is plenty of dark raspberry fruit to carry this through, and the finish is delicious. Drink from 2033. Tasted: September 2022

This ripples with liquorice and black chocolate and higher acidity than the last two Echezeaux and Grand-Echezeaux wines - it's hard to ignore the width and depth on display here. I love how the different personalities are staked out in these last three wines, despite being located less than 500m from each other. 50% whole cluster. This is 1.36ha from the upper part of the Clos Vougeot hillside, on clay-limestone and clay-silt soils. (Drink between 2022-2040)

Here too the nose is quite restrained and requires aggressive swirling to coax the aromas of cool and softly spice black cherry, violet, plum and earth. There is excellent volume and power to the palate coating big-bodied flavors that deliver fine length on the mocha-infused finish that flashes a touch of youthful austerity. This is even a bit more structured than the Grands Echézeaux so I would advise acquiring it with the express intention to exercise at least moderate patience. Drink: 2035+
Note: from a 1.37 ha parcel of 60+ year old vines situated close to the Château