Village · Côte de Nuits

Flagey-Echézeaux

A Côte de Nuits commune between Vougeot and Vosne-Romanée, home to the Grands Crus Échezeaux and Grands-Échezeaux

District: Côte de Nuits, between Vougeot and Vosne-Romanée
Grands Crus in the commune: 2 (Échezeaux and Grands-Échezeaux)
Premiers Crus in the commune: 3 (Les Beaux Monts, Les Rouges, En Orveaux)
Village and Premier Cru appellation: Vosne-Romanée (AOC since 1936)
Grands Crus since: 1937
Color and grape: Red, Pinot Noir

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Filari del Grand Cru Grands-Échezeaux, a Flagey-Echézeaux, in autunno: foglie gialle e rossastre in primo piano e, sullo sfondo, vigneti in pendio e i boschi della collina

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Flagey-Echézeaux is the Côte de Nuits commune lying between Vougeot and Vosne-Romanée. The village stands on the plain; the Grand Cru vineyards lie farther west, on the slope, where they border the Clos de Vougeot. Like neighboring Vosne, Flagey bears in its name that of its most famous crus.

The commune has no Village appellation of its own: the Village and Premier Cru wines made here are released under the name Vosne-Romanée, an appellation recognized in 1936 that covers both communes. Within Flagey there are three climats classified as Premier Cru: Les Rouges, En Orveaux, and Les Beaux Monts, the last of which is shared with Vosne-Romanée.

At the top of the hierarchy are two Grands Crus, recognized in 1937 and made only in red. Grands-Échezeaux, the smaller, has a fairly uniform terroir and borders the upper part of the Clos de Vougeot, separated from it by a wall; Échezeaux, about four times larger, stretches across the slope to the Premiers Crus of Vosne-Romanée. In the Middle Ages these lands belonged to the abbey of Cîteaux, which around 1110 had founded the neighboring Clos de Vougeot.

Pinot Noir yields elegant reds here, with velvety tannins: in youth they recall red fruits, cherry, and flowers such as violet, with a spicy touch; with age they evolve toward forest floor. The available bottles are listed below.