Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. There is a touch of reduction on the nose of Bernard Gros’s Grands Echézeaux 2011: subtle scents of blackcurrant leaf and raspberry, briary, juniper and then more pastilles notes as it opens up. The palate is medium-bodied with touches of oak coming through on the entry (coffee and dark chocolate) with the finish a little overworked. There is lot of punchy oak here and I wonder if there is sufficient fruit for it to pull through. A guilty pleasure!