Domain Rene Engel Grands Echezeaux 1998 Magnum
The 1998 Domaine René Engel Grands Échezeaux is a red Burgundy wine from the Grands Échezeaux climat, classified as a Grand Cru. Produced in Vosne-Romanée by Domaine René Engel, it is 100% Pinot Noir. The Wine Advocate awards it 90/100 and recommended drinking it between 2015 and 2020. The review describes a bouquet marked by notes of blackberry and cured meat, followed by a herbal and tertiary evolution on the finish, with the wine gaining cohesion upon aeration.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Magnum (150cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Vosne Romanée
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine René Engel
- Parcelle / Cru
- Grands Échezeaux (Vosne Romanée)
- Millésime
- 1998
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine René Engel
Domaine René Engel was a family-run estate based in Vosne-Romanée, in the Côte de Nuits, whose vineyards included plots in Vosne-Romanée, Aux Brûlées, Échezeaux, Grands-Échezeaux and Clos de Vougeot. Following the death of Philippe Engel in 2005 – the last vintage bearing the estate’s name being the 2004 – the vineyards were acquired by the Pinault family in July 2006 and incorporated into the Domaine d’Eugénie. Domaine René Engel therefore no longer exists as an independent wine-producing estate.
Histoire du domaine
The estate was named after René Engel, a winegrower from Vosne-Romanée born in 1894, who studied at the Beaune School of Viticulture before developing the family estate. René Engel was also a professor of oenology for thirty-five years and helped found the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin. In 1949, he handed over the management of the estate to his son, Pierre Engel. Pierre Engel, who served as mayor of Vosne-Romanée from 1959 to 1971, fell ill during the 1970s and died in 1981. His son, Philippe Engel, then took over the estate with his mother at the age of 26. From 1988 onwards, the entire production was bottled at the estate, whereas previously a significant proportion had been sold to wine merchants. Philippe Engel ran the estate until his untimely death in 2005; the 2004 vintage was the last to be marketed under the name Domaine René Engel. In July 2006, the Pinault family acquired the estate and founded Domaine d’Eugénie on these vineyards. The successor estate is now managed by Jaeok Chu Cramette, but this role should not be attributed retrospectively to Domaine René Engel.
Grands Échezeaux (Vosne Romanée)
Les Grands Échezeaux form a physically distinct climat in Flagey-Echézeaux and a Grand Cru appellation producing exclusively red wines. Facing east, the terroir is a continuation of Musigny along the north-south axis of the Côte and features a relatively regular topography. It lies at an altitude of around 250 meters on clay-limestone soils covering a Bajocian limestone slab, with a 3 to 4% slope.
- Vineyard commune
- Flagey-Echézeaux
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name is thought to derive from "chesaux", a Gallo-Roman term designating a group of dwellings, probably an old hamlet.
- Exposure
- East (levant)
- Altitude
- 250 m
- Slope
- 3 to 4%
- Soil
- Relatively homogenous clay-limestone soils
- Subsoil and geology
- Bajocian limestone slab, Jurassic geology
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Vineyard holding status
- Former property of the estate, transferred with it in 2006 to the future Domaine d'Eugénie
- Indicative vine age
- Two parcels planted in the 1930s; vines approximately 75 years old at the time of the Engel-Pinault sale in 2006.
Histoire de la parcelle
The vineyard is presented as a foundation of the Abbey of Cîteaux dating back to the 12th and 13th centuries, much like neighboring Échezeaux and Clos de Vougeot. The Grand Cru appellation d'origine contrôlée was established on July 31, 1937.
