Gevrey Chambertin VV, Domaine Esmonin 2016

An intensely floral-inflected if brooding nose combines with ripe and fresh aromas of dark berry fruit, earth and a whiff of the sauvage. There is better concentration to the medium-bodied flavors that are blessed with plenty of sappy dry extract along with a lovely minerality on the impressively long and well-balanced finish. This well-made and firmly structured effort virtually always boxes above its weight and 2016 is no exception.