Morey St Denis, 1er Cru, Cuvée des Alouettes, 2016

(from high-altitude vines in the climat Monts Luisants; this wine had only recently finished its malo but had not yet been sulfured): Good deep red. Superripe aromas of black cherry, licorice, spices and crushed rock. A very rich, ripe wine with an almost chocolatey high-toned character leavened by saline minerality; this is carrying 14% alcohol and it shows. But still quite tight in the middle and in need of a racking. Finishes with firm tannins and a vestigial note of malic acidity.