Emmanuel Rouget Echezeaux Grand Cru 2023 [NET] SF Chronicle - Past Pick Now twenty years on

Now twenty years on

The mouches in question are not flies but bees

Smith Haut Lafitte is a Pessac-Léognan classified-growth estate

aged Comté

and white peach mingle with notes of wildflowers and a subtle saline edge

Emmanuel Rouget Echezeaux Grand Cru 2023 [NET] SF Chronicle - Past Pick Now twenty years onThis 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