2016 Beaune Clos des Mouches
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The 2016 Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches offers up an attractive bouquet of plums, wild berries and licorice, followed by a medium to full-bodied, velvety palate that's texturally elegant and attractively vibrant, concluding with good length on the finish.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Neal Martin
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The 2016 Beaune Clos des Mouches 1er Cru has one of the most tertiary aromatics amongst its peers. Hints of undergrowth/mulch infuse the broody dark berry fruit suggesting some reduction. A touch of black tea emerges with time. The nose here is very involving, keeps you coming back to fathom out more. The palate is very well balanced with fine tannin, superbly judged acidity, sapid from start to finish with a long saline tail on the finish. Whoever claims that Beaune wines cannot be complex should taste this beauty from a grower I am going to have to get to know better. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting in Burgundy.