2016 Alain Hudelot-Noellat Richebourg 750ml

VM(93-96), BH96

An ultra-spicy, ripe, elegant and admirably pure nose offers up notes of dark berries, sandalwood, dried orange peel and tea along with plenty of floral influence. There is equally good breadth to the rich, intense and tension-filled full-bodied and stony flavors that possess excellent power and drive on the seductively textured, muscular and classy finish that is also very firmly structured. In a word, impressive. (Drink starting 2038)

~Allen Meadows, BURGHOUND, 96 points