David Duband Echezeaux Grand Cru 2020

80% whole bunch - from 80 yo vines in Les Rouges du Bas purchased from the Louis Remy family.

’(from Les Rouges du Bas). A beautifully layered nose combines notes of Asian-style tea, crushed herb, rose petal and a mix of red and dark pinot fruit. There is excellent volume and mid-palate concentration to the larger-scaled flavors that are blessed with an abundance of dry extract that coats the palate on the dusty and moderately austere finish where the only nit is soupçon of warmth. This is a very good Ech. (92-94)/2035+ .’ (92-94) points, Burghound.com, January 2022.

Regarded as one of the rising stars of Burgundy, David Duband took over his family domaine a very young age and now has more than 20 vintages of experience behind him. Starting with very small family holdings David, together with his business partner Francois Feuillet, have added to his portfolio of wines through the purchase of some exceptional old Grand cru vineyards throughout Gevrey Chambertin and Morey St Denis.

In recent years David has adapted his work in both the vineyards and cellars and in the last few years is producing wines with not only remarkable finesse and detail but also exhilarating intensity and freshness. Working organically in the vineyards and with low levels of S02 in the cellar he also uses a relatively high percentage of whole bunch ferment and a low percentage of new oak for ageing and this is adapted to each wine as it needs. This results in wines of striking purity with fabulous depth and intensity without sacrificing the details of the origins of each parcel of grapes. These are wines showing terroir and the soil signature of the fruit for each parcel above all else. These are wines that are built to age classically and gracefully.