2016 Marsannay Les Longeroies
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Lavish and dramatic, the 2016 Marsannay Les Longeroies bursts with aromas of ripe cherries, raspberries, licorice and dried flowers. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, seductively satiny and enveloping, with succulent acids, a concentrated core of fruit and melting tannins, concluding with a long finish. It's already hard to resist.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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A more brooding bouquet of wild berries, rich forest floor and wood smoke introduces a similarly supple, elegantly-structured palate, with a bit more depth and fat on its bones than the Clos du Roy - the soils richer in clay here lending greater mid-palate amplitude.
Lightish, sweet and somehow plucky. Lots of fairly straightforward fun. Not for long keeping but GV . (JR)
Like the Marie Ragonneau the nose is more deeply pitched with its blend of both red and dark pinot fruit, plum, spice and warm earth scents. The vibrant and well-detailed medium weight flavors are also notably mineral-driven while exhibiting excellent length on the succulent yet entirely serious finish. Again, while this could reasonably be enjoyed young it would be better to allow it at least a few years of cellaring first.
About the producer
Cyril Audoin is one of a small cohort of producers forging Marsannay’s reputation for serious, fine Burgundy. He makes exciting, elegant wines that are starting to turn the critics’ heads, yet remain brilliant value.