The 2016 vintage of Clos des Ursules is outstanding. The wine is very, very red fruity in profile this year, which I find very exciting, as this is usually a very black fruity wine out of the blocks. The nose is complex and already quite expressive, jumping from the glass in a blaze of cherries, red plums, gamebird, a very complex base of soil, cedar and a lovely topnote of woodsmoke. On the palate the wine is pure, deep and transparent, with its full-bodied format quite seamless and refined. The core is sappy, the soil signature is outstanding and the finegrained tannins and zesty acids promise a very long and very elegant evolution in bottle. A truly outstanding vintage of Clos des Ursules in the making!

This walled vineyard, part of the Vignes Franches premier cru, has produced a generous wine full of dark tannins, black fruits and a dense texture. Ripe black-cherry flavors are balanced by good acidity in a wine that will develop well.

The Clos des Ursules is excellent in 2016, its pretty bouquet of red and black cherry, orange rind, rich soil and a top note of violets introducing a supple, full-bodied and fine-grained wine with a deep core of fruit, nicely integrated tannins and lovely energy. (WK)