2016 Clos de la Roche

The 2016 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru has a glorious and extremely complex bouquet: cranberry, raspberry, crushed stone and rose petal aromas bursting from the glass all with exquisite delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit, gentle grip, and a slight confit note (perhaps from a batch of over-ripe berries?) It retains ample freshness and tension on the finish. This could have been a profound wine, but it just falls short of that. Still deeply impressive. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting.