Domaine Arlaud - Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru - 2016

(the Arlauds own a strip of vines that stretches from the bottom to the top of Bonnes-Mares in the center of the appellation, parallel to the Louis Jadot holding): Bright medium red. Aromas of raspberry, pungent spices, orange zest and minerals convey a captivating element of wildness. Very intense and pure but quite tight, even youthfully imploded, with the flavors of raspberry, menthol and wild herbs lifted by a note of blood orange and complicated by a medicinal quality and a captivating element of spicy stems. Not a charmer in the early going but this savory, very firmly structured wine boasts a slowly building, fruit-suffused finish and the backbone for a long and graceful evolution in the cellar. 92-95 Points Neal Martin, Vinous.com