2023 Domaine Faiveley, Echezeaux Grand Cru, En Orveaux

For reports and full tasting notes, go toTim Atkin MW's website.

The 2023 Echézeaux En Orveaux Grand Cru is another highlight of the range, mingling notes of raspberries and plums with aromas of orange zest, cinnamon, peonies and vine smoke. Medium to full-bodied, layered and sensual, with a rich core of fruit, supple tannins and a saline finish, it's well worth seeking out.

Tasted shortly after bottling, this is notable for its purity of fruit, with expressive notes of black cherry, peony and liquorice. The texture is lively and fresh for the vintage and the wine should be accessible early. There seems less of the salty, mineral concentration than the 2022 tasted alongside, but the impression overall is of more elegance and silk. This wine doubtless has the substance to continue to improve for decades.

The 2023 Echézeaux En Orveau Grand Cru comes from a parcel close to the lieu-dit of Petit Musigny on marl soils. This is very composed on the nose with delineated berry fruit, loam and forest floor scents. It's certainly one of the more understated Echézeaux. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy red fruit. It is quite energetic, with a fine bead of acidity and a sense of brightness on the finish that is very appealing. This is another 2023 from Faiveley whose charms reveal themselves gradually in the glass.

Cask sample. Really rather a pale ruby-garnet. Mild nose and sweetness with a hint of oak still. Juicy, quite evolved fruit. Can it be worth a grand cru price? (JR)