Clos de la Roche, Grand Cru, 2016
A very accomplished and gregarious wine, opulent lush red berry fruits ooze out of the glass. As well as being sensual, there is brilliance and transparency to the fruit, too, lively and flowing with solid enough foundations. Clos de la Roche is a warm terroir that produces bold, opulent wines. Rarely more than four barrels are made.
critic reviews
The 2016 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru has a glorious and extremely complex bouquet: cranberry, raspberry, crushed stone and rose petal aromas bursting from the glass all with exquisite delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit, gentle grip, and a slight confit note (perhaps from a batch of over-ripe berries?) It retains ample freshness and tension on the finish. This could have been a profound wine, but it just falls short of that. Still deeply impressive. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting.