2016 Red Wine from Chambolle Musigny

Wine Spectator, 94 points: Oak notes of vanilla and sweet smoke are finely stitched into the velvety texture and balanced by the floral, cherry and currant flavors in this elegant red. Fine length. Best from 2021 through 2035. — B.S.

Wine Spectator, 94 points: Silky and smoky, this perfumed red features black cherry, wild berry, sandalwood, licorice and stone flavors. Balanced, yet firm enough to develop over the next few decades. Offers a lingering, juicy finish. Best from...

Wine Spectator, 97 points: Expressive, even flamboyant, this red features red and black cherry, sandalwood, stony mineral, earth and spice flavors. Larger than life, with a boisterous personality, yet there’s no denying the intensity and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: (90 - 92) The 2016 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Sentiers has a light, quite conservative, tertiary bouquet with touches of cedar and tobacco. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, well-judged acidity and a...

Wine Spectator, 93 points: A broad, powerful red, this features ample cherry and blackberry fruit, shaded by earth and spice notes, backed by a firm structure that leaves a firm edge of tannins on the finish. Best from 2024 through 2040. 100 cases...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: (WA 90-92 points) The 2016 Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Aux Beaux Bruns was reduced to one barrel (new) due to frost and included 50% whole bunch. It has a fresh and vibrant bouquet, very well defined and pure with black...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 99 points: (97 - 99) The 2016 Musigny Grand Cru consists of a single 180-liter new barrel with 100% whole bunch fruit, so keep that in mind when requesting your allocation of a dozen magnums, preferably signed by Christophe himself...

Vinous, 93 points: (90-93 points) (just one barrel made, vs. a normal three): Bright, palish red. Musky, soil-inflected scents of raspberry, rose petal and crushed-stone minerality. Not a sweet style, but the sappy red berry and savory...