Fresh purple colour, with a wonderful mix of fruit on the nose along with some clean vanilla. Fruits are more red than black. Then the fruit surges majestically across the palate, peonies and luscious red cherries, perfectly integrated oak on the palate and very good acidity. Fabulous length and class.

(92 - 94 points) There are five barrels of the 2016 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Reignots, which Sebastien mentioned was not touched by the frost. It has a graceful, elegant bouquet that unfolds in the glass: precise scents of raspberry and black cherry fruit interlaced by minerals and hints of wilted violet petals. The oak here is very nicely subsumed. The palate is underpinned by succulent tannin, lovely crisp black and red fruit with an almost clinical, precise, focused finish. This will be as good as the 2015, who knows, perhaps even better?- NM

The Reignots hails from the domaine’s youngest vines, and though Cathiard thinks this will pick up some additional mid-palate amplitude after a second winter on its fine lees, it can’t match the concentration of the more mature vineyards. Aromas of raspberry, rich spice, liquorice and game bird precede a delicate, ample but medium-bodied wine which should be comparatively accessible in its youth.