So, starting to get initial offers. Can anyone speak to the style of the vintage? I know yields were way down, but if anyone has any data points on wines they have tasted, I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks!
VERY generally … and I hadn´t the opportunity to taste as much as usual due to the early harvest in the same week …
(for red CdNuits only):
The wines are good, very good, even excellent - not as sweet nor as structured as the 2015s, they seem to be more transparent in their youth, but also due to (sometimes) lacking a bit of ripe lush mid-palate … acidity seemes to be higher than ´15 … sometimes there is a slight bitterness/dryness in the finish reg. the tannins … nothing really to worry about, but characterizing the vintage …
No really an early drinking vintage, but accessible before the 2015s … for the mid-term … and the best will certainly age for decades …
From some sites there isn´t much (if anything at all …)
You might want to check out Claude Kolm’s notes…he’s in Burgundy right now tasting the 2016s mostly from cask. This trip marks his 30th consecutive vintage–he’s been looking at Burgundy a lot longer than me.
http://thefinewinereview.blogspot.fr/p/this-coming-monday-23-october-i-begin.html
http://thefinewinereview.blogspot.fr/p/it-was-fitting-that-i-began-my-tastings.html