Domaine Michel Gros’s Échezeaux Les Loachausses Grand Cru 2023 is a small-production red Burgundy drawn from a specific strip of vines in the northeastern part of Échezeaux, in Flagey-Échézeaux. It’s Pinot Noir, bottled as an Échezeaux Grand Cru (AOP), and listed at 13.5% alcohol. The domaine describes the holding as just 0.376 hectares, with vines averaging around 30 years of age, and an average production of about 1,500 bottles—scarce even by Grand Cru standards.

Les Loachausses is regularly framed as one of the more refined corners of Échezeaux. A merchant note highlights the sector’s limestone-and-clay soils and the resulting style, saying the site “giv[es] the wine more finesse than central parts of Echezeaux—less power, more elegance, and heightened aromatic clarity” (Vyno Klubas). The same source leans into the reputation of the climat, calling it “one of the most poetic expressions within Echezeaux” and emphasizing “subtle concentration, aromatic precision, and the silken structure characteristic of the Côte de Nuits” (Vyno Klubas). Taken at face value, that places this bottling closer to perfume, line, and texture than to sheer density.

The wine also sits in an important moment for the estate. After leases expired at the end of 2021, Domaine Michel Gros “became a producer of the grand crus Echezeaux and Richebourg” (Domaine Michel Gros). The 2022 vintage was the first release from this parcel, and the domaine reports that the maiden 2022 was matured in “100% new oak” (Domaine Michel Gros); the élevage regime for 2023 is not stated in the available material.

Notably, there are no publicly available 2023 critic tasting notes or scores in the supplied sources; Jasper Morris’s Inside Burgundy entry is paywalled, and other major outlets do not show a 2023 review. As a result, strong professional “excellent” reviews cannot be confirmed here, and the wine is best understood through its site, rarity, and the domaine’s track record rather than published 2023 verdicts.