2016 Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru Les Chaboeufs Jean-Jacques Confuron, Burgund

Allen Meadows' Burghound: A peppery nose is composed by notes of ripe plum, dark berries and plenty of sauvage character. There is a velvety and highly seductive mouthfeel to the lavishly rich broad-shouldered flavors that exhibit first-rate length on the ever-so-slightly warm finish. This very robust effort is still more refined than usual while offering very good depth. - Allen Meadows, Jan. 2019

Vinous: (bottled the week before my visit; from a fairly normal crop of 35 hectoliters per hectare): Good dark red. Pure, penetrating aromas of black raspberry and flowers. Dense, slightly high-toned raspberry fruit lifted by a whiff of pepper from the inclusion of some whole clusters. Finishes with considerable fine-grained tannins and lingering notes of black fruits and bitter chocolate. - Stephen Tanzer, Jan. 2018