Pierre Yves Colin Morey, Meursault Narvaux Blanc other_regions_australia The 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Muncagota

The 2016 Barbaresco Riserva Muncagota stands out in this group of nine for the slightly more mineral-driven definition on the bouquet and the bigger textural impact and structure of the mouthfeel

There is excellent underlying tension to the beautifully textured medium weight flavors that also brim with sappy dry extract and minerality

cherry and licorice aromas complicated by cooler notes of tobacco leaf

caressing and nicely dense medium-bodied flavors possess a sleek muscularity while exhibiting focused power on the delicious

A subdued nose only grudgingly reveals the cool and airy red and dark currant

Pierre Yves Colin Morey, Meursault Narvaux Blanc other_regions_australia The 2016 Barbaresco Riserva MuncagotaThere is enough reduction to prevent a proper assessment of the nose. There is excellent richness to the relatively generous and round yet attractively intense and saline middle weight flavors that benefit from an abundance of dry extract that coats the mouth on the lemony finish. This is an intense and well balanced villages that should reward 5 to 7 years of bottle age. (89 91) 2017+