Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Échézeaux 2005

The soaring nose of spicy cassis, black cherry and violets displayed from the cask has now become very reserved and brooding, merging into rich, full and utterly delicious flavours that possess a beguiling texture and unusually fine tannins compared to what I typically see with the Ech. This is a big wine by any measure with excellent mid-palate density and superb length. Really good stuff and as the "value" play in the DRC line-up, one to strongly consider because it surpasses its normal quality level by more than a fair margin in 2005.