2016 Corton Clos du Roi
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The 2016 Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru has a rather facile, pastille-scented bouquet that misses the complexity of its peers. The palate is balanced and clean, but lacks complexity and minerality. Pleasurable but does not engage the intellect. There seems to be some whole bunch fruit here, but it does not quite gel together as well as other examples. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting.
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The Wine Advocate
Neal Martin
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The 2016 Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru, 100% whole bunch fruit, has a broody and introspective bouquet, well defined but curmudgeonly at the moment. The palate is likewise missing some of the tension and energy that I discerned elsewhere, good body but it needs more animation and tension. This is not a patch on the outstanding 2015 Clos du Roi from last year.
The 2016 Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru, 100 whole bunch fruit, has a broody and introspective bouquet, well defined but curmudgeonly at the moment. The palate is likewise missing some of the tension and energy that I discerned elsewhere, good body but it needs more animation and tension. This is not a patch on the outstanding 2015 Clos du Roi from last year.
About the producer
Based south of Nuits-Saint-Georges in Prémeaux-Prissey, Domaine de la Vougeraie was created in 1999, grouping all of Jean-Claude Boisset’s holdings under one name. The property has a total 40 hectares of vines, with extensive holdings in Vougeot as well as plots in six Grands Crus.