Hugely dense, packed with ripe and generous black fruits, this is already showing its serious side with complex tannins and a dark, brooding texture that also brings out the wood aging. The fruit, a gorgeous array of perfumed black plums and damsons, is developing well, just hinting at future greatness. Drink from 2022. - RV

(WA92-94 points) The 2012 Echezeaux Grand Cru has a sensual, expressive, kaleidoscopic bouquet with wonderful vibrant blackberry, cassis and blueberry scents infused with minerals. The palate is beautifully balanced with fine, sappy red berry fruit, a citric thread of racy acidity that neatly offsets the extravagant finish. There is plenty to savour on the vibrant, vivacious Echezeaux. - Neal Martin

Broad and muscular, this red features pure violet, cherry and black currant flavors on a bed of dense, firm tannins. Balanced in an outsized way, with a kaleidoscopic finish that picks up mineral and spice elements. Best from 2019 through 2035. — B.S.

A spicy and well-layered nose of dark berries, cassis, earth and game nuances are all framed in just enough wood and a hint of menthol to notice. There is a beguilingly velvety mouth feel to the round and supple yet remarkably well-concentrated big-bodied flavors that possess solid intensity on the palate coating and notably firm finish where the tannins are clearly present but not dominant. This isn’t a huge Ech though it is one that will need 12 to 15 years of cellaring to arrive at its full majority. 2024+