A wine for purists, the 2016 Auxey-Duresses Blanc Les Hautés unfurls in the glass with a youthfully reserved bouquet of crisp green orchard fruit, mint, dried white flowers and wet stones. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, tensile and concentrated, with a tight-knit, almost austere profile that's underpinned by tangy acids and chalky dry extract. A few years' patience will be rewarded.