📌 Description
Échezeaux Grand Cru 2021 – Maison Cyprien Arlaud is a Pinot Noir of great nobility, born from a prestigious climat of Vosne-Romanée. In this fresh and elegant vintage, the Grand Cru expresses the finesse of its terroir: fruit intensity, floral and mineral complexity, and a remarkable silky texture.
🍇 Grape Variety
100% Pinot Noir.
Burgundy’s emblematic grape reveals a refined and complex profile here: red and black fruits, violet, peony, delicate spices, and subtle minerality.
🌍 Region / Country
Burgundy – Échezeaux Grand Cru (Côte de Nuits, France).
This legendary climat, planted on stony clay-limestone soils, produces wines of depth and elegance with masterful balance.
🌡️ Serving Temperature
Serve between 15 and 16 °C (59–61 °F). Decant for 1 to 2 hours when young to express its full complexity.
⏳ Ageing Potential
20 to 30 years.
• 2025–2032: youthful brilliance, fruit intensity, silky tannins.
• 2033–2042: peak, perfect balance of power, refinement, and complexity.
• After 2043: tertiary evolution toward truffle, leather, and forest floor.
👁️ Appearance
• Color: deep ruby with garnet highlights.
• Clarity: clear and bright.
• Legs: fine and regular, showing concentration and finesse.
👃 Nose
• Aromatic intensity: seductive and captivating.
• First nose: raspberry, black cherry, blackberry.
• Second nose: violet, peony, fine pepper, woody and mineral notes.
👄 Palate
• Attack: ample and velvety.
• Structure: fine, silky tannins with balanced acidity.
• Dominant aromas: ripe red and black fruits, flowers, gentle spices, minerality.
• Overall balance: refined, harmonious, and majestic.
• Length: exceptional, with a floral and spicy finish.
🍽️ Food Pairings
• Fine game (venison, hare à la royale).
• Noble red meats (beef tenderloin, veal chop).
• Refined sauced dishes (poultry with morels, sweetbreads).
• Strong aged cheeses (Époisses, aged Comté, Langres).
⭐ Overall Impression / Style
Échezeaux Grand Cru 2021 – Maison Cyprien Arlaud is a wine of great distinction, uniting aromatic intensity, floral elegance, and mineral depth. A refined Grand Cru, worthy of Vosne-Romanée.
