Grands-Echezeaux Les Loachausses Grand Cru 2022 - Domaine Anne Gros

Grands-Échezeaux Les Loachausses Grand Cru 2022 — Domaine Anne Gros

This Grands-Échezeaux Les Loachausses Grand Cru 2022 from Domaine Anne Gros embodies one of the rarest, noblest and deepest expressions of the Côte de Nuits. From a mythical Grand Cru situated between Échezeaux and Clos de Vougeot, it offers a Pinot Noir of great architecture, at once sensual, structured and intensely perfumed: black cherry, Morello cherry, ripe raspberry, cassis, plum, old rose, violet, fine spices, liquorice, noble earth, emerging forest floor, fine leather, black tea and a long mineral finish.

Domaine Anne Gros is one of the most respected signatures of Vosne-Romanée, renowned for wines of great purity, silky texture and remarkable terroir precision. Grands-Échezeaux is distinguished by a deeper, more structured and more majestic dimension than Échezeaux, while retaining the aromatic refinement typical of great Pinot Noir from the Côte de Nuits. The 2022 vintage brings ripeness, fruit brilliance, balance and energy, with remarkable ageing potential.

Terroir: Grands-Échezeaux, majesty and depth of the Côte de Nuits

The Grands-Échezeaux climat is among the most prestigious Grands Crus of the Côte de Nuits. Set on deep clay-limestone soils, with marl and stony elements, it gives Pinot Noir an expression that is dense, velvety, structured and very long. The Les Loachausses lieu-dit reinforces this reading of depth, finesse and persistent minerality.

At Domaine Anne Gros, Grands-Échezeaux translates into a wine of great presence, where the substance remains polished, precise and refined. The terroir brings a noble tannic frame, aromatic depth and a persistent finish. In 2022, the ripeness of the vintage reinforces fruit brightness and breadth on the palate, while the natural freshness of Pinot Noir preserves tension, balance and clarity of the climat.

Tasting notes

Appearance: deep ruby with garnet and purple reflections, bright, dense and still very youthful. The colour reflects the intensity of the 2022 vintage, the nobility of the Grand Cru and elegant concentration, built for slow evolution.

Nose: deep, pure and already highly expressive, with black cherry, Morello cherry, ripe raspberry, cassis, plum, red and black fruits, old rose, violet, fine spices, liquorice and noble earth. With aeration and evolution, nuances of forest floor, fine leather, black tea, cocoa, sweet pepper, bark, light truffle and limestone minerality may appear.

Palate: broad, dense, silky and beautifully structured, with ripe, precise and luminous fruit. Flavours of black cherry, Morello cherry, raspberry, cassis, plum, spices, liquorice, fine earth and black tea unfold with depth, supported by ripe, fine and persistent tannins. The finish is very long, mineral, lightly saline and delicately spicy, with an impression of nobility, controlled power and great Burgundian persistence.

Expression of the 2022 vintage

The 2022 vintage in Burgundy produced ripe, balanced and highly seductive red wines, combining fruit richness, preserved freshness and great aromatic precision. In the great terroirs of the Côte de Nuits, this year highlights the density of Pinot Noir, tannic finesse, fruit purity and the ability of grands crus to evolve gracefully.

Today, this Grands-Échezeaux Les Loachausses Grand Cru 2022 remains very young and has great ageing potential. It can already impress through its brilliance, texture and balance after measured aeration, but will gain complexity with time: forest floor, fine leather, truffle, black tea, cocoa, melted spices, noble earth and mineral nuances should gradually join the depth of red and black fruit.