About This Wine
Échezeaux is the large grand cru that climbs the slope beside Clos de Vougeot, and Philippe Pacalet's 2021 gives it a perfumed, transparent reading. It is silky and precise, with the fine tannins of a cool year.
Échezeaux covers around 36 hectares in the commune of Flagey-Échezeaux, with a spread of lieux-dits that give quite different wines.
Tasting Profile
- Nose: Red cherry, rose petal, sweet spice and a touch of forest floor.
- Palate: Silky and layered, with pure Pinot fruit, mineral detail and refined tannin.
- Finish: Persistent, floral and savoury.
Serving & Food
Best from about 2027 into the late 2030s. Match it with roast duck with plum sauce, pigeon with beetroot, or a ripe Langres.
Good to Know
How big were yields? Often 40 to 60% of normal.
What's the style? Ripeness like 2014, with light tannins.
Product Details
| Producer | Philippe Pacalet |
| Country | France |
| Region | Côte de Nuits, Burgundy |
| Grape | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Size | 750mL |
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About the Maison
Vosne-Romanée is familiar ground for Pacalet. Before starting his own label he spent about ten years as winemaker at Domaine Prieuré-Roch, the estate founded in 1988 by Henry-Frédéric Roch, later co-manager of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.