2016 Gevrey-Chambertin, Clos Saint-Jacques, 1er Cru, Domaine Sylvie Esmonin, Burgundy Unit of Measure:1 X 750ML Richly concentrated

Richly concentrated

intense nose of darker currants

Selflessly tasting an earmarked special cask repeatedly over several years helps us to pinpoint the optimum age for bottling - thus capturing the whisky at the height of its development

Haut-Brion Blanc certainly shone in this vintage

energetic backdrop to the plush red-berry fruit

2016 Gevrey-Chambertin, Clos Saint-Jacques, 1er Cru, Domaine Sylvie Esmonin, Burgundy Unit of Measure:1 X 750ML Richly concentratedA pungent nose is composed today of wood toast and slightly reduction so be sure to decant this if you can't resist opening a bottle. Otherwise there is excellent precision to the rich, intense and mineral driven flavors that are shaped by firm but ripe tannins and outstanding length on the linear and driving finish. This is a markedly ripe and quite powerful 2016 that is going to need plenty of cellar time. 92 100, Alan Meadows, Burghound (January