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(14% natural alcohol, which is rare for this wine; vinified with 40% whole clusters): Deep medium red. Perfumed nose combines black cherry, graphite minerality, violet and licorice; the clay-based soil here gives more airy aromatics, notes Gublin. Not a powerhouse or even particularly thick or expansive but fine-grained and quite suave. Today the wine's firm, building tannins clamp down on the very primary dark fruit and mineral flavors but there's a juiciness and medicinal reserve here that suggest that this wine will reward extended cellaring.
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Neal Martin
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(40% vendange entier ): Deep ruby-red. Very pure but reticent aromas of black cherry, herbs and licorice. Offers attractive sweetness to its medicinal black cherry and licorice flavors but comes across as extremely primary today, like a brand-new barrel sample. This youthfully tight, firmly structured wine finishes with powerful tannins that call for more élevage (Gublin told me she'd probably wait until June to bottle it). But there's terrific intensity of fruit to support the powerful spine.
The 2015 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru includes 30% whole bunch fruit. It has a succinct bouquet, quite understated compared to others that I have tasted, but well defined with black cherries, bergamot and pomegranate aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, tensile tannin. There is a keen thread of acidity here, gently grip with a slightly chalky textured, but energetic finish with pleasing frisson. Enjoy this over the next 15-20 years.
The 2015 Clos Vougeot Grand Cru includes 30% whole bunch fruit. It has a succinct bouquet, quite understated compared to others that I have tasted, but well defined with black cherries, bergamot and pomegranate aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, tensile tannin. There is a keen thread of acidity here, gently grip with a slightly chalky textured, but energetic finish with pleasing frisson. Enjoy this over the next 15-20 years. Dec 2016, www.robertparker.com, Drink: 2019-2035