Musigny Louis Jadot 2016 (750ML)

89-91 Points, Neal Martin, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "The 2016 Musigny Grand Cru was 60% destroyed by frost and includes whole-bunch fruit, not least just to fill the small tank. You can feel those stems on the nose and maybe it just obscures the terroir expression. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, fine acidity but I felt there was some dryness and chewiness on the finish. I can't help thinking that this Musigny cannot forget the trauma of the frost. Distracted? Let's see how it turns out in bottle." 12/17

94-97 Points, Stephen Tanzer, Vinous: "Bright medium red. Very tight, high-pitched aromas of raspberry, red licorice, wild herbs, flowers and crushed-rock minerality; a real essence of young Musigny. Then surprisingly layered and expressive in the mouth, with its perfumed raspberry, strawberry and saline soil flavors given punch by superb mineral-driven energy. This is sweeter and more open-knit than the Amoureuses today but every bit as precise and delineated as that wine. Finishes with noble, seamless tannins and palate-staining length. Stunning potential here." 01/18

93-96 Points, Allen Meadows, Burghound: "A kaleidoscopically spicy nose combines notes of both red and dark berries along with plenty of floral, tea and wood elements. There is superb richness to the mouth coating and tautly muscular large-scaled flavors that possess an abundance of dry extract while still managing to retain really lovely detail on the impressively complex and hugely persistent finish where the only minor nit is a touch of warmth. This robust if not necessary elegant Musigny should reward up to three decades of cellar time and once again, it's a wine that is going to need it." 04/18

93-98 Points, Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy: "Two barrels made, half whole bunches. Like Les Amoureuses, this has only a medium concentrated colour. The stems give some briary touches, both on the nose and in the mouth, but the final flavours are quite superb if very undeveloped in detail yet, except in the persistence." 10/17