2016 Domaine Bruno Clair Vosne-Romanée Les Champs Perdrix
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(the estate made 80% of a normal crop here, or about 30 hectoliters per hectare): Good medium red. Inviting scents of raspberry, chocolate and mocha. Suppler and sweeter than the last couple of village wines and a step up in flesh and texture. A touch reduced but still nicely perfumed. Like a few other of these '16s, this wine appears to have been softened by the racking in November and should give early pleasure. Tannins are dusty and fine-grained.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 2016 Vosne Romanee les Champs Perdrix has a slightly smudged, stemmy bouquet that needs just a touch more delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with some hardness and obduracy marking the tannin, quite Morey-like and just missing the finesse one expects from a Vosne-Romanée on the finish. This is often not my pick of the range from Bruno Clair and despite its shortcomings, I feel it is still a step in the right direction from previous vintages.
Village wine just above Romanée-Conti. Picked at least a week after Romanée-Conti. Should be premier cru? Light ruby. Racy and fresh. Really lively and fun. Great race and minerality. Long. GV (JR)