2016 St Aubin En Remilly

Medium bright yellow; a bit paler than the Maranges La Fussière. More peachy fruit and less earth on the nose. Then tighter than the Fussière on the palate, and less pliant by a wide margin. Still a rather fine-grained wine but finishes slightly hard-edged and youthfully dry, with a touch of bitterness but good length. There's more inner-mouth tension here but this wine will need patience. One-third of these vines were totally frosted, according to Alexandre Bachelet, but the other two-thirds were untouched.

The 2016 Saint Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly was hit by frost acutely on the lower slopes but not at all on the parcel’s higher reaches. Therefore, the harvest here was reduced by 30%. It has a strict, quite stony bouquet with a light sea spray influence developing in the glass, though never as intense as the 2014 or 2015. The palate is very precise on the entry, great detail here with a touch of sour lemon lending tension and energy. What it might just lack is length and aftertaste, scarpering out of the exit door just a touch too hastily. Otherwise, this is very fine.

The 2016 Saint Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly was hit by frost acutely on the lower slopes but not at all on the parcel’s higher reaches. Therefore, the harvest here was reduced by 30. It has a strict, quite stony bouquet with a light sea spray influence developing in the glass, though never as intense as the 2014 or 2015. The palate is very precise on the entry, great detail here with a touch of sour lemon lending tension and energy. What it might just lack is length and aftertaste, scarpering out of the exit door just a touch too hastily. Otherwise, this is very fine.