Clos de Vougeot, Domaine de la Vougeraie 2016

**Note: from an exceptionally well positioned 1 ha parcel situated directly beneath Les Petits Musigny that is combined with another less well located .35 ha parcel close to the main road**
A background touch of wood easily allows the ultra-fresh aromas of red currant, cherry, earth and tea to be appreciated. There is both good muscle and intensity to the broad-shouldered flavors that are shaped by unusually refined tannins in the context of what is typical for Clos de Vougeot plus the impressively long finish is also less youthfully austere than usual. Good stuff here.

The 2016 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru has a very elegant and poised bouquet, fine transparency here with superb delineation, not powerful but very precise and almost understated in style. The palate is medium-bodied with a pleasant chewiness to the tannin, good body, more assertive in the mouth than on the nose with a chalky texture toward the finish. Good length, lean and poised but fanning out with confidence—what a sublime expression of this famous vineyard.