2016 Gevrey Chambertin Estournelles St Jacques

(the yield was tiny here owing to frost): Bright red-ruby. Aromas of raspberry, strawberry and milk chocolate convey a syrupy ripeness. Plush and pliant in the mouth, as much red fruit as black in character. Offers good concentration and firm acidity, as well as a note of chocolate, but finishes slightly peppery, with dusty tannins. In fact, this is the closest to dry on the finish of any of these '16s to this point, perhaps owing to incomplete skin ripeness.