2016 Bourgogne Rouge
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Tasting notes
Bright medium red. Pure aromas and flavors of black fruits and licorice. Juicy, penetrating wine with good floral lift and inner-mouth tension. This precise Bourgogne Rouge should be very good.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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One-third of the production was lost for the 2016 Bourgogne Pinot Noir this year. It had been racked at the end of August. It has a precise, quite detailed dark cherry and bergamot-scented bouquet that becomes quite floral with aeration. The palate is defined by its silky smooth tannin, pure red cherry and wild strawberry fruit and a finish you might well mistake for a Vosne-Romanée—yes, that good.
30% down. Blend of casks from Gevrey. Bitter cherries – tastes of a liqueur somehow. Heady nose but a bitter, dry end. Needs a bit more flesh. Late malo. But I should point out that Denis observed that on other days this had seduced other tasters. I have probably under-scored it. (JR)