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Jean-Marie Bouldy can produce great Pomerol from his gravel-based vineyard. The 2016 Bellegrave has a straightforward bouquet with black cherries, boysenberry and light marine/seaweed aromas, marrying a little Left Bank austerity into the opulence of Pomerol. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe tannin, well judged acidity, clean and pure in the mouth though to quibble, it requires a touch more complexity to develop on the finish. I suspect t...
Vintage 2016
2016 Bordeaux in Review “A Paradox”
by Andrew Caillard MW
The 2016 Bordeaux vintage will be remembered as one of the great years of the 21st Century. I have not been so excited about the prospects of such young wines since the remarkable back-to-back 2009 and 2010 vintages. At that time China was at the zenith of its extraordinary fine wine ascendency where the very top estates, particularly Chateau Lafite, had become a baksheesh curren...
