The Mongeard family’s 2010 Echézeaux V.V. has not quite closed down as much as some grand crus from this vintage, but it is headed that way and is clearly preparing for an extended period of hibernation in the coming years. However, the promise in this wine is still very evident today, as it offers up a deep and precise nose of black cherries, dark berries, coffee, a fine base of soil, venison, incipient notes of forest floor, spices and cedary wood. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, focused and rock solid at the core, with excellent focus and grip, ripe, fine-grained tannins and impressive length and grip on the tangy and very, very promising finish. All this needs is time. 93+
(John Gilman, Jan 2016, 93+ Pts)
