Neil Beckett | Although this was an early and warm vintage, the natural coolness of this site, and, insists François, biodynamic cultivation—which helps ensure energy, freshness, and vitality even in hotter vintages like 2009, 2011, 2013, or 2015, he says— have meant that there is nothing in the least warm about this. Still a little dry and powdery in its tannin, it should acquire a little more succulence but lose none of its mineral vibrancy with time in barrel. | 93