This Grand Cru is admirably situated right above Clos Vougeot, another Grand Cru, on a gentle slope facing due East. Le Musigny is just to the North. 

The Drouhin family owns a vineyard there. The average age of the vines is twenty-five. Replanting is done very selectively to avoid having too many young vines at one time, which would lower the quality of the wine. No fertilizers are used and a very severe pruning (the "Guyot" style) reduces the yield even further. 

The harvest is always done by hand. The vinification follows the classic method : the grapes, sometimes not even destalked, are gently pressed ; the fermentation and maceration occur in wooden open vats with punching down of the cap and pumping over the juice. It lasts about 18 to 20 days. The must is then put in oak barrels (Allier, Vosges or Tronçais forests). 
Left to age for about 18 months, it is fined with egg-whites prior to bottling. 

Echezeaux has a beautiful, vivid red colour, and elegant aromas reminiscent of cocoa and exotic wood such as cedar. 

On the palate, the tannins are dense but refined. They leave a soft impression, similar to velvet. An old Burgundy saying, "this wine has save (sap)", would be a very apt description here. The long, persistent aftertaste recalls the dark chocolate flavour. 

A carefully prepared cuisine would enhance Echezeaux superbly : slowly cooked stews, duck or pheasant, ripe cheeses, etc. 

 This is a wine which can age very well (20 years and up). It can also be drunk sooner and still be more enjoyable.