The only other Jaboulet-Vercherre of my experience was the exquisitely packaged 1996 Beaune 1er Clos de l’Ecu; I expect it’s a rather better wine in the hands of Faiveley today – that bottle went down the sink! So at auction I spotted a lot of J-V 1991 Echézeaux and thought to myself ‘they can’t all be rubbish can they?’ It might be a favourite vintage of mine, but just in case, I bid low! 1991 Jaboulet-Vercherre, Echézeaux Medium colour – no obvious age. The nose is understated, a hint of coal mineral and faint baked red fruit – initially it is rather tight, after 2 hours there’s a bit more width – it’s not too bad. Balanced – decent acidity, faint tannin but really my [....]
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