Description
Arden Fine Wines in London offers DRC Échézeaux 1972.
If you have any queries, please contact us here.
The Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) Échézeaux is a highly sought-after Grand Cru red Burgundy from the historic Échézeaux vineyard.
Made from Pinot Noir, this wine stands out as one of the more powerful and robust offerings from the DRC portfolio while still maintaining a sense of elegance.
The Echézeaux vineyard sits on the slopes above Grands Échezeaux, between the villages of Vosne-Romanée and Vougeot.
The soil in the Échezeaux climats (plots) features a more diverse and complex composition than that of Grands Échezeaux.
It consists of Bajocian marls mixed with gravel and alluvial deposits, exhibiting varying altitudes and gradients.
DRC cultivates approximately 4.67 hectares of the Echézeaux vineyard, which spans a total area of about 37.69 hectares.
The majority of DRC’s holdings focus on a highly regarded plot called Les Poulaillaires.
Wine enthusiasts consider the wines from DRC’s Échezeaux plots exquisite examples of top-tier Burgundy.
They showcase bright red fruit, spice, and savoury characteristics.
DRC Échézeaux 1972
The 1972 DRC Échézeaux is a mature Burgundy wine with a lighter body, pronounced acidity, and complex notes of earthy, savoury, and secondary forest floor, alongside red fruit and mushroom characteristics.
The 1972 vintage was challenging, so the wine is less complex than other vintages from DRC, but still shows good firmness, length, and freshness.
The wine displays a seductive tenderness overlaying a firm structure, which has allowed it to evolve with elegance, according to the producer’s notes.
While the 1972 Échézeaux is not as powerful or complex as other DRC wines, it is described as having elegance and showing surprising freshness and concentration for its age.
It has silky, fine tannins and a long finish.
Food pairings include duck, goose, or pigeon, and Comté cheese.
Arden Fine Wines in London offers the DRC Échézeaux 1972.
If you have any queries, please contact us here.
