This selection is a good representative of the quality of 2016 whites from top sources; alas, availability remains the problem.
2016 Meursault 1er Cru Blagny
The wine is pure and nervy in the nose with lime fruit. The mouth features intense and penetrating lime fruit with great purity. It is an excellent example of wines from this area high on the slope. This is a Maison Joseph Faiveley wine. (91-95)
2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ Gain
Faiveley’s Puligny-Champ Gain is sensual, mineral, pure, and medium-light in weight with outstanding energy. The wine previously had been Maison Joseph Faiveley, but beginning with the 2015 vintage, Faiveley owned the property and it became Domaine Faiveley. (91-95)
2016 Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet
This wine is pure with power and finesse — a classic iron fist in the velvet glove. There’s still a bit of austerity, but of the noble kind. (92-96)
2016 Bâtard-Montrachet
Here we have a broader wine than the Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet with more power and some hazelnuts coming through. (92-95)
2016 Corton-Charlemagne
There was no frost here and so this is a wine available in more or less normal quantity, unlike the two previous grands crus. What I tasted may or may not be the final blend — there is wine from vines planted in 2010 that was not included in what I tasted but that may finally be blended into the grand vin. I found the a most attractive floral and mineral nose. The mouth was still quite young with lime blossoms and outstanding finesse. Finesse and intensity are the hallmarks of this wine, but it still needed substantial time in barrel to age out. (93-97)