Bouchard Pere et Fils Echezeaux

Showing some sous bois now with meat juices, game, hedgerow, with bits of leather, black cherry and beetroot. Licorice-tinge to the dark, evolving fruit, too. Celery salted palate with just a bit of pinched acidity make this refreshing to drink. In the zone! Maybe a bit tannic for a typical Echzeaux but good color and extract for vintage known to be a bit shrill. 93

This had a more classic tertiary, savory nose and flavor profile; beef blood, onion compote, celery salt; with airing gets more floral with roses and violets, increasingly fragrant, starts to show some game character; this was a big wine with lots of life left in it.

Opened with Luc Bouchard and Burgundy connoisseurs. Served from a magnum, acquired from the Domaine in 2008. The color was a a light but clear red, with brick orange and clear rims characteristic of the age of the bottle. A black and white truffle oil perfume spread from the bottle, and could be smelled from about two feet from the bottle as it was opened and served. That was my favorite attribute of the wine, as in the mouth to …