Aromas of rose petals, dark berries, blood orange and exotic spices introduce the 2021 Echezeaux Grand Cru, a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and sumptuous wine that's supple and melting, with an extrovert, almost extravagantly perfumed profile, concluding with a broad, saline finish.

Dramatic, even flamboyant, Dujac's 2020 Echezeaux Grand Cru bursts with rich aromas of plums, berries, exotic spices, rose petals and bergamot. Full-bodied, ample and expansive, its fleshy attack segues into a seamless, enveloping mid-palate, concluding with a long, perfumed finish.

The 2019 Echezeaux Grand Cru showed especially well from barrel, and it has realized all that potential in bottle. Wafting from the glass with aromas of red berries, cherries and plums mingled with exotic spices, peonies, blood orange and raw cocoa, it's full-bodied, layered and concentrated, with a broad attack and a deep, multidimensional core. Long and perfumed, it's as fine a young Echézeaux as I can remember tasting chez Dujac.

The 2018 Echezeaux Grand Cru is a promising cuvée in the making, mingling aromas of dark berry fruit, cassis and cherries with notions of burning embers, dried flowers and dark chocolate. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, broad and ripely tannic, with a layered and nicely concentrated core, lively acids, and a well-defined finish.

The 2017 Echezeaux Grand Cru is also showing very well, having gained in depth and precision in the year since I last tasted it. Opening in the glass with aromas of red berries, cherries, orange rind, sweet soil tones, spices and peonies, it's medium to full-bodied, with a broader, more textural attack than the Malconsorts, underpinned by similarly powdery tannins and lively acids. This looks to be a longer-haul proposition than I had imagined, and at least a modicum of patience will be in order.