Beaune Greves Vigne de l'Enfant Jesus 1er Cru 2016

There must have been some divine intervention on the 2016 Beaune 1er Cru Les Grèves Vignes de l'Enfant Jesus because it was less affected by frost than surrounding vineyards. It has a really quite beautiful, very pure bouquet with abundant blackberry, raspberry and crushed strawberry scents laced with crushed violets and rose petals. The palate is medium-bodied with silky smooth tannin, still a little oak to be subsumed but there is superb substance on the sumptuous finish. I bet this is one of the best quality-to-price ratio wines in 2016.

Score: 91 - 93

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2019-2035 29 December 2017