The 2016 Clos St Denis Grand Cru is comprised of just one barrel this year, 100% whole-bunch fruit. It spends the first six months in a new barrel and then it is racked into a two-year-old barrel. It has a very intense bouquet with layers of precocious blueberry, blackberry, orange essence, hoisin and spices—quite extravagant for this vineyard but very well-defined. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity, smooth and harmonious with just a little toasty new oak to be fully subsumed by the end of its élevage. Excellent