The wines from 2016 combine two qualities that are normally not found together: a high maturity, promising depth and longevity, and a remarkable freshness. It will be difficult to decide between enjoying them relatively early or to letting them grow for many decades…
There is one great novelty this year. The cuvée ‘Chambolle-Musigny’ 2016 is really special, not only that it is rare, produced in very small quantities, but mainly that it is composed of an unusual blend from several plots including principally the Premier Cru ‘Les Plantes’ and areas of Grand Cru who have specially suffered from frost. This cuvée of an unprecedented power will be called Chambolle-Musigny ‘Trente-Deux’, in reference to my thirty-second vintage.