Jean Grivot, Echezeaux Vintage:2022 where it aged for 14

where it aged for 14 months

Fratelli Alessandria keeps its Barolo in oak casks for three years

Rather silky texture

By contrast there is excellent freshness and underlying tension to the superbly well-concentrated and intensely mineral drive big-bodied flavors that flash plenty of classic Chambertin muscle on the austere

(90-93)/2024+

Jean Grivot, Echezeaux Vintage:2022 where it aged for 14(from Les Cruots which is also known as Vignes Blanches). A background application of wood is sufficiently subtle to allow the notably spicy and ripe yet quite cool aromas of both red and black pinot fruit, herbal tea and floral elements to shine. There is excellent volume to the intense and tautly muscular middle weight plus flavors that culminate in an explosively long, mouth coating and moderately austere finale where a hint of bitter cherry