Lignier Michelot Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2016

The 2016 Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru is aged in one-year-old barrels with 100% whole-cluster fruit. It has an intense bouquet with vivid black cherries, blueberry, soy and graphite (indeed, there was something almost Right Bank Bordeaux about this Burgundy!). The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, crisp and focused, not as complex as some of the best examples that I have encountered this vintage but refined and elegant on the finish, which sports a dash of white pepper. Very fine.