Lucien Le Moine Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 2020

Lucien Le Moine Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 2020

with 13% alcohol and good freshness

A pretty and well-layered blend of both red and black pinot fruit is liberally laced with earth

blackberries

Approximately 300 cases were made

awesome concentration and richness

and cassis scents that seem so easy to obtain with this varietal in California

This is even more floral-inflected with an abundance of spice elements adding breadth to the airy and cool aromas of primarily red berries

Here the equally brooding nose is slightly more elegant with its cool and restrained nose of red currant

and loads of sweet raspberry

yet retains its sense of balance and symmetry

volume and concentrated power to the caressing yet serious medium weight plus flavors that display very fine length on the dusty and youthfully austere finale

There is a really lovely sense of underlying tension suffusing the much more mineral-driven middle weight flavors that are not quite as rich but notably more precise on the chiseled and wonderfully refined finish