This shows superb freshness and minerality with a profound purity of fruit and depth.Full-bodied yet remains agile and subtle. Such decadence yet finesse at the finish.A triumph. Perhaps a little more clarity and brilliance to this even compared to the 2015.

This has lovely purity, with a cassis and raspberry core that stretches out while a long, refined, mouthwatering chalky spine races through. Has some well-buried grip too.

One of the hidden treasures of St-Emilion, this Peter Sisseck and Silvio Denz estate is over on the limestone plateau of St Christophe des Bardes, and has delivered something pretty special in 2016. Closed at first, this is muscular and austere until it opens up to reveal stunning tension and complex, persistent layers of violet-scented raspberry and redcurrant fruits pulsing with minerality. Curls of woodsmoke whip things up to the next level and there is a finesse to the tannins that brings it all together. What a potential for this wine.