2016 Chassagne Montrachet Tete du Clos
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The 2016 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Tête du Clos has a very detailed bouquet with superb focus. I like the understated mineralité here, cold stone/slate-like scents interwoven into the effervescent citrus fruit. The palate is well balanced with orange rind and a tang of marmalade on the entry, with very good weight and real density on the finish. This is one of the best Chassagne-Montrachets that I have tasted in 2016. Highly recommended.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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Five pièces. Just three or four people use the name. A little closer to the village above Morgeot. Part of Morgeot in fact. Good finish and density. Lots of finish and excitement. Very long. (JR)
(one of the four barrels was new in 2016): Musky, noble reduction to the aromas of pear, minerals and flowers. At once thick and juicy, boasting lovely concentration and clarity to its soil-driven flavors of stone fruits and saline, rocky minerals. Tight in the middle at present but this fine-grained wine broadens out on the very long, glistening, palate-saturating back end. Leroux told me he made between 25 and 30 hectoliters per hectare from these very old vines, which he noted is the normal yield here.