The 2016 Corton Grand Cru is comparatively deep in colour. The bouquet is surfeit with red berry fruit, briary and crushed stone aromas, all well defined and beautifully assimilated with the new oak. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy black and red fruit, well judged acidity, clean and crisp with gentle grip on the finish. This is a superb Corton that will give 20 years of drinking pleasure. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting. (DIAM 30 closure)

(13.2% alcohol; from vines picked on October 4 or 5): Dark red-ruby. Aromas of black raspberry, black cherry, licorice pastille and Cuban cigar tobacco reminded me of a Côte de Nuits wine. Densely packed and energetic but a bit youthfully disjointed; improved nicely with air, showing a perfumed elegance, but will need time in bottle to absorb its youthfully edgy acidity. Finishes dense, floral and long.