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...

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):...

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...

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...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: (93-95) The 2016 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Brûlées Vieilles Vignes comes from vines planted just after the Second World War. It has a potent bouquet with a mixture of black and red fruit, a slight tinniness suggesting a...

Wine Spectator, 94 points: Shows terrific depth to the aromas and flavors of black currant, blueberry, graphite, earth and baking spices. Delivers weight and length, with overall balance and a long aftertaste that echoes the core of sweet fruit...

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...

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...