Background on the vintage at Jadot is located here.
As it often does, Jadot blocked full malolactic fermentation in about half the 2016 white wines.
As it often does, Jadot blocked full malolactic fermentation in about half the 2016 white wines.
2016 Beaune 1er Cru Bressandes (Domaine Gagey)
Jadot’s white Beaune-Bressandes is steely and and nervy with some peach fruit, but is difficult to judge at this point. (88-91?)
2016 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves “Le Clos Blanc" (Domaine Gagey)
The nose here is leesy. There’s good acidity to the wine, nervosity, steeliness, and tension in a medium-weight body. It is a promising wine. (89-92)
2016 Meursault 1er Cru Charmes
This négociant wine is mineral with Charmes breadth beneath the long apple and peach fruit. (90-94)
2016 Meursault-Blagny 1er Cru
Another négociant wine, the Meursault-Blagny is energetic, airy, mineral, and pure — a good representative of the wines from Blagny, up on the hill. (90-94)
2016 Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières (Domaine Louis Jadot)
The Meursault-Genevrières is medium-light, energetic and mineral. Although promising, it was rather closed when I tasted it. (90-94)
2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru La Garenne (Domaine du Duc de Magenta)
This wine is clear, mineral, and energetic with good purity and steeliness. (90-94)
2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Garenne (Domaine du Duc de Magenta)
Although the name of the vineyard is similar to that of the previous wine, perhaps implying that this wine is located within the La Garenne vineyard, that is not in fact the case. The locations of the two vineyards are different. This wine is richer, but still has steeliness to go with attractive austerity and minerality. Good length here and excellent promise. (92-95)
2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières (Domaine Louis Jadot)
The Folatières is steely and pure with incipient peach and citrus fruit and good energy. (92-95)
2016 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Grande Montagne
The Chassagne-Grande Montagne is a négociant wine. The nose is steely and dusty. The mouth features peach and apple fruit with a touch of butter and good energy. (92-95)
2016 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Embazées
Another négociant wine, there’s more fruit here, tending toward quince and pear, than in the Grande Montagne, but not quite as much energy. Good clarity in the mouth to this wine. (91-95)
2016 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot “Clos de la Chapelle” (Domaine du Duc de Magenta)
This wine is tightly-wound with good energy, steeliness, dustiness, and apple fruit. (92-95)
2016 Meursault 1er Cru Perrières (Domaine Louis Jadot)
Jadot's Meursault-Perrières is mineral and juicy with peach fruit. There’s less tension here than in other 2016 Perrières that I have tasted, though. (91-95)
2016 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Murgers des Dents de Chien
This négociant wine shows good stoniness but also some sensuality to its texture, making it both unusual and fascinating. (91-95)
2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles
The Puligny-Pucelles has butter and stony aromas. The mouth is sensual in texture with butter and stony flavors and excellent length. This is a négociant wine. (93-96)
2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes (Domaine Louis Jadot)
Last among the premiers crus, the Puligny-Combettes has peach aromas and flavors. The wine has finesse and is light in tone, but also long and intense. (91-95)