Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A very impressive, very powerful and seamless Grand Cru red. Aromas of earthy, red cherries and fresh, woody and sappy nuances. There is also a thread of fresh violet flowers and flashes of spicy oak, all combined to make a complex nose. The palate has raw power and really athletic tannins that push explosively out the finish. Impressive depth and drive with a red-cherry, red-plum stone tang. Wow factor is high here. Drink from 2023. For two decades at least.
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Wine Spectator
Intense cherry, currant, floral, spice and mineral flavors are the hallmarks of this vibrant red. Layered nicely, remaining long and detailed despite tightening up on the finish. Best from 2022 through 2036. 150 cases made, 30 cases imported.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Jadot's 2015 Echézeaux Grand Cru is showing brilliantly from bottle, offering up a youthfully reserved but beautifully pure nose of raspberry, black cherry, rose petal, violet, subtle incense and a nicely integrated framing of new oak. On the palate, the wine is ample, full-bodied and succulent, with bright acids and a superb sense of control despite its scale, its tannins fine-grained but formidable. To reiterate, this is firmly shut down at present, and while its potential is considerable it is likely to remain that way for a good decade.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
Claiming the two famous Grand Crus, Echezeaux and Grands Echezeaux, the identity of this village, Flagey-Echezeaux, rides predominantly on the glory of those two crus. All of the village or Premier Cru status vineyards in Flagey-Echezeaux market themselves under the name of their neighbor, Vosne-Romanée.
Echezeaux Pinot noir tends be light, bright and full of finesse, whereas those of Grands Echezeaux typically have more heft and complexity.