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 The premier cru of en Orveaux is one of the few wines in the Mongeard collections of 2016s that is quite red fruity in personality this year. The bouquet is quite a bit more reserved than in the wines that preceded it in our tasting, offering up a youthful aromatic blend of cherries, raspberries, a touch of orange peel, iron-like soil tones, bonfire, cedar and venison.

On the palate the wine is full-bodied, closed and elegant in profile, with a good core, fine-grained tannins and very good focus and grip on the long and primary finish. This will need some time in the cellar to properly blossom, but it should prove to be excellent.