Emmanuel Rouget Echezeaux Grand Cru 2023 [NET] SF Chronicle - Past Pick on a Tuesday

on a Tuesday

The mouches in question are not flies but bees

wine-like depth

black licorice and pepper on the edges

Emmanuel Rouget Echezeaux Grand Cru 2023 [NET] SF Chronicle - Past Pick on a TuesdayThis is the real thing. Emmanuel Rouget trained for decades under his uncle Henri Jayer whose Cros Parantoux and Echezeaux helped define the modern grammar of great Burgundy and inherited Jayer's vines, his philosophy, and his unwavering standards. Rouget's Echezeaux Grand Cru is a touchstone of the appellation, sourced from three of its finest lieux dits: Clos St Denis, Les Cruots (Vignes Blanches), and Les Treux. Farmed naturally, destemmed in the