Joseph Drouhin, Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru, 2017 030825NewWines with consulting help from Giampiero

with consulting help from Giampiero Bea of the legendary Paolo Bea estate

Rarity meets substance

4 years old bourbon

Aux Pierres is a single steep east-facing parcel within the storied Javernières climat — iron-rich red clay laced with schist

Cannubi San Lorenzo's grace

Joseph Drouhin, Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru, 2017 030825NewWines with consulting help from GiampieroGrands Echezeaux is one of Burgundy's smallest grand crus just 9. 14 hectares of gently sloping Bajocian chalk in Flagey Echezeaux, separated from Clos de Vougeot by little more than a wall and it sits among the summits of Drouhin's range. It regularly outshows its far larger neighbour Echezeaux, which sprawls across 36 hectares of varied slopes and exposures; the Grands has the tighter, grander frame. This gets the house's fullest treatment, the same