Echezeaux Grand Cru Cuvée Jean-Luc Bissey 2018 1500ml158th Hospices De Beaune Wine Auction on the 18th November 2018 Vintage Report 2018 is a beautiful vintage for red wines a year which could have been too much of a good thing, with a risk of over ripeness. However Ludivine Griveau has judged the picking dates exactly right and she also took the crucial step of employing the sorting tables to eliminate any grapes which were beginning to show signs of shrivelling. The result is a series of fine,

lemongrass

Cabernet Franc 38%

incense and violets

So very Pomerol

but maybe less extrovert and more classic in style compared to recent vintages

quite refined and focused with appreciable tension towards the finish that comes laden with succulent

gaining more harmony and intensity in the glass

if not the structure or backbone commonly found is very top vintages

crushed violet and a touch of oyster shell

Domaine Jayer-Gilles

Krug's 2006 Brut is clearly one of the vintage's highlights

cedar and orange sorbet scents that are extremely pure and refined