2016 Richebourg
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The 2016 Richebourg Grand Cru comes from a single parcel within Les Verroilles that was picked on 30 September and includes 45% whole-bunch fruit and 40% new oak. It has a very classy bouquet with a mixture of red and black fruit, sous bois and morels, all very well defined and endowed with a sense of grandeur. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, crisp acidity, lovely focus and tension with veins of spice toward the finish. It does not possess the weight and substance of a completely untroubled growing season, yet there is class interwoven into every pore of this wine.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
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Exquisite raspberry and cranberry fruit, wonderful floral accompaniment and a lovely meaty aroma too. Gleefully complex and open-knit. Powdery tannin, vivid acid, long and graceful on the finish. Superb, elegant, extensive. (RH)
About the producer
Although the Bichot family settled in the region in 1350, Albert Bichot was founded in 1831 by Bernard Bichot. Today the producer is one of Burgundy’s most respected, making wines from both its own vineyards and with purchased fruit.