2016 Red Wine from Vosne Romanee

Wine Spectator, 97 points: This red shows immediate appeal with its pure cherry fruit flavor, backed by strawberry, currant and spice accents. Intense and well-built, yet balanced and harmonious, with a superlong aftertaste echoing the fruit and...

Wine Spectator, 91 points: Macerated cherry and medicinal herb aromas and flavors highlight this compact red. A bit surly on the finish now, but the fruit shines through on the aftertaste. Best from 2022 through 2038. – BS

Vinous, 95 points: (92-95) (Grivot is aging this wine in 50% new oak but seasoned the barrels first with a Chardonnay vinification; all of the fruit from the lower section of this site was lost to frost but the terraces were unaffected):...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: The 2016 Richebourg Grand Cru is showing brilliantly from bottle, soaring from the glass with a complex aromatic mélange of raspberries, plums, Egyptian musk, espresso roast, Asian spices and rose petal. On the palate...

Vinous, 91 points: Bright medium red. Aromas of cherry and raspberry complemented by torrefaction notes of chocolate and espresso. Intensely flavored and vibrant in the mouth, with cherry and spice flavors lifted by flowers and a hint of...

Burghound, 92 points: (90-92) A pretty and notably floral nose evidences plenty of earth and game character on the red currant and lavender aromas. The rich, powerful and impressively intense full-bodied flavors possess excellent mid-palate...

Burghound, 92 points: (90-92) A pretty and notably floral nose evidences plenty of earth and game character on the red currant and lavender aromas. The rich, powerful and impressively intense full-bodied flavors possess excellent mid-palate...

View From The Cellar, 91 points: The 2016 Haut Beaumonts is an outstanding village wine in the making, which I often find to be of premier cru quality in many vintages and this is again the case in 2016! The lovely nose wafts from the glass in a red...

Decanter, 95 points: Good though the Chambertin is, the Romanée-St-Vivant is the king of the cellar in 2016, soaring from the glass with a pure and creamy bouquet of black cherry, currant, candied peel and subtle spice. Expansive, full-bodied...

Vinous, 94 points: (the crop level here was normal): Good medium red-ruby. Slightly wild scents of black cherry and minerals. Dense, suave and thick with black raspberry, black cherry, mineral, earth and spice flavors. This wine has the...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 92 points: (90-92 points) The 2016 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes felt a little closed compared to the Beaux Monts, at least at this stage. The palate is medium-bodied with chewy tannin, good acidity, quite spicy in the mouth...