The 2023 Domaine Bizot Échezeaux Grand Cru is a tiny-production Pinot Noir from Vosne-Romanée’s Échezeaux, made by Jean‑Yves Bizot, a grower known for low-intervention, collector-focused Burgundies. The fruit for this cuvée comes from Bizot’s En Orveau climat on the upper slope, where vines average around 80 years old. Production is notably small at about 1,965 bottles. The domaine’s approach is unusually hands-off for a Grand Cru: hand harvesting, virtually no added sulfites, and élevage of roughly 16–18 months in 100% new French oak, with bottling without racking. Despite the new oak, the stated alcohol is a modest 12.0%, pointing to a restrained, classically pitched style.
In barrel, Jasper Morris (Inside Burgundy) delivered an excellent 96-point assessment, calling the color “fresh mid purple” and describing “a bouquet offering all the sensuality” expected of the site, while noting it is “less smoky than the village Vosne.” Morris also emphasizes that this is not just perfume: there are “punchy tannins behind” and “acidity as well,” with “elements of grand cru structure…keeping the succulence of the fruit in good check.” He flags a new-oak signature—“a little biscuit from the barrel”—but adds that it is “fine at this early stage,” suggesting the wood is in the process of integrating.
Burghound, at 91–93 points (93 shown), similarly finds aromatic lift and spice, citing “a wonderfully spicy and strikingly floral-suffused nose” with “wild red currant” and “exotic jasmine tea.” On the palate Burghound reports “very supple yet almost painfully intense” medium-weight flavors, finishing with a “firm, serious and moderately austere finale.” The review also underscores its early stage, calling it “very backward and quite primary,” with the likelihood it may “change significantly before it’s bottled.”
Taken together, the early reviews point to a perfumed, structured Échezeaux with intensity held in check by acidity and tannin, and the clear potential to reward patience; Morris suggests a 2030–2040 drinking window.
