2016 Beaune Clos des Marconnets
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The 2016 Beaune Clos des Marconnets 1er Cru has a very attractive, refined bouquet with red cherries, wild strawberry and moorland heather scents that unfurl in the glass. Wonderful delineation here. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannin, plenty of crunchy red fruit with a fresh, saline finish and ample sapidity. I do find that it toughens up with aeration, clams up and therefore it will require three or four years in bottle. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting in Burgundy.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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The 2016 Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Marconnets offers more perfumed, red cherry fruit on the nose compared to the Teurons and Clos du Roi, well defined with good vigor. The palate is fresh and crisp on the entry with a fine bead of acidity, grainy in texture with touches of black truffle decorating the structured finish. Give this three of four years in bottle and you will have a delightful Beaune premier cru.
Juicy raspberry fruit, flashes of green herbal character, light palate and ready-to-drink tannin. Seems more bitter than their other premier cru Beaunes, with more austere fruit. (RH)