Berthaut-Gerbet Echézeaux Grand Cru 2018

Not yet professionally rated; ratings from: 2019 (JM94-96, V93-95), 2017 (JM92-96, WA92-94), 2016 (JM94-96).

Steen Öhman (Winehog): “One of the very talented owners of Echezeaux is Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet who owns a small but important part of the vineyard, as Amélie Berthaut has taken over the holdings of the old Gerbet estate in Vosne-Romanée. The Berthaut-Gerbet Echezeaux is quite rare I do find the potential very fine indeed – and the plots are definitely worth a closer look. Furthermore the holdings will be enlarged from the 2018 vintage – both expanding the production and changing the blend of the wine – presumably making the wine even more exciting. Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet now have plots in Les Treux (4.90 ha), Les Quartiers de Nuits (1.13 ha) and Les Champs Traversins (3.59 ha) … and will from the 2018 vintage have plots at the very bottom of the vineyard, the middle and the top end of Echezeaux. The Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet have three sections in Echezeaux and from 2018 the total area is 0.2126 ha. It’s a intense and quite complex wine and presumably the inclusion of Les Champs Traversins plots in 2018 will further increase the mineral complexity of the wine, as these plots are from the top end of the vineyard – with a shallow soil and mineral soil. (3/13/19)”