65.9% whole cluster. A medium to dark purple. The bouquet is very pure, no reduction here, perhaps a touch floral, then a sweeter ripe fruit through the middle of the palate, dark raspberry, before some pinpoint delicacy of structure at the back. The stems are incidental here. Very long finish. Five barrels made of this excellent 2021. Drink from 2028-2035.

Gracious on the fruit-forward nose, this smells of red cherries and field strawberries with some light whole cluster spice and smoky oak. It is a giving, distinguished Echezeaux with refined tannins, integrated oak and age-worthy structure. The thirst-quenching freshness on the finish easily carries along the palate's largesse. These vines are planted north-south in the Champs Traversins sector.

Domaine Dujac’s 2021 Echezeaux is really a beautiful example of the vintage this year and the wine was really singing at the time of our tasting. The wine’s aromatic constellation delivers scents of raspberries, cherries, red plums, duck, Vosne spices, a fine base of dark soil tones, bonfire, vanillin oak and a nice touch of stems in the upper register. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, complex and revels in its fine mid-palate depth, with lovely transparency and grip, ripe tannins and impeccable balance on the long and complex finish. Fine, fine juice. 2035-2100.

Note: from a .69 ha holding in Champs Traversin Though the nose is once again reduced, it does not extend to the more elegant if less concentrated medium weight flavors that deliver outstanding persistence if only average depth on the youthfully austere and well-balanced finale. Like several wines in the range which could use better depth, the Dujac Ech typically develops beautifully in bottle. As such, my predicted range implicitly offers the same confidence that the 2021 version will do so if given time.

Aromas of rose petals, dark berries, blood orange and exotic spices introduce the 2021 Echezeaux Grand Cru, a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and sumptuous wine that's supple and melting, with an extrovert, almost extravagantly perfumed profile, concluding with a broad, saline finish. (William Kelley)