2016  Echezeaux Grand Cru

Echezeaux

2016  Nuits-St-Georges

Nuits-St-Georges ---- "A more deeply pitched nose features notes of plum and earth along with whiffs of wood and the sauvage. There is fine density and intensity to the lightly stony medium weight flavors that conclude in a saline and moderately rustic finale." - BH

2016  Nuits-St-Georges Aux St. Juliens

Nuits-St-Georges Aux St. Juliens ----"A pretty and more elegant nose reveals notes of both red and dark currant that are suffused with soft spice and floral nuances. There is slightly better concentration to the caressing middle weight flavors where a hint of minerality arises on the solidly complex, lingering and youthfully austere finale. This mouth coating effort is sufficiently firm that it will need at least a few years to unwind. Outstanding." - BH

2016  Cote de Nuits Villages

2016  L'Empreinte

L'Empreinte -- A harmonious blend of the Joblot's 1er Cru vineyards in the ampitheatre of Givry, average vine age of 35 years.

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2016  Les Gravieres

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89-91pts BH

2016  Chassagne-Montrachet Monopole Rouge

"The wood influence is a bit more prominent that it still remains relatively subtle and easily allows the spicy aromas of earth, lavender and red currant that evidence an interesting hint of tangerine peel to shine. The rich, intense and well-delineated medium weight flavors possess a positively gorgeous mouth feel while displaying outstanding persistence on the balanced finish that really fans out as it sits on the palate. This is first-rate." - 91-93pts/Outstanding BH

2016  Chassagne-Montrachet

"Peppery and earthy aromas of dark currant and plum. The sleek, intense and more voluminous flavors also possess a slightly finer mouth feel while displaying very fine depth and persistence on the balanced and well-detailed finale. This too is very good for its level." - 89-91pts/Outstanding Top Value BH

2016  Nuits-Saint-Georges

"A spicy and moderately earthy mix is composed by notes of red and dark cherry along with a whiff of oak. There is outstanding richness to the delicious, velvety and impressively complex middle weight plus flavors that are blessed with excellent mid-palate density, all wrapped in a focused, powerful and beautifully persistent finish. This is a pretty blend of Vosne-style spice together with Nuits-style muscle and punch." - 90-93/Outstanding

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"A slightly riper and definitely spicier nose offers up notes of essence of plum, violet and freshly turned earth. The rich, full-bodied and solidly powerful imposingly-scaled flavors once again brim with dry extract as the old vines are very much in evidence, all wrapped in a strikingly persistent finish. This is a relatively rare Corton that is clearly built for the long-term yet the richness and sap are such that this should also be approachable after only 5-ish years or so." - 92-94pts BH