Mongeard Mugneret Grands Echezeaux 2013

The 2013 Grands Echézeaux from Vincent Mongeard, like all of his 2013s, is still a very young wine and showing a bit of herbacité on the nose at this early stage of its evolution. The bouquet is a youthful and complex blend of black cherries, black plums, espresso, woodsmoke, a lovely base of soil tones and nutty new oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very primary in profile, with a fine core, bright acids, ripe tannic and a long, vibrant and youthful finish. The more modest ripeness of 2013 has given this quite a black fruity personality out of the blocks, with its fair share of herb tones, but it should prove to be a lovely wine with sufficient time to blossom.

Drink: now-2040