The last time Vinous reviewed this, it was actually the top-rated Bonhomme of the vintage. It’s from a very high-altitude and very special vineyard: clay and limestone with lots of small white stones.
There’s naturally a strong minerality here, but with great richness and concentration, too.
As Vinous said of the 2016:
A very rich, savory wine with an almost dusty texture and captivating pungent minerality. This youthfully austere wine will show spice and tasted bread notes six or seven years from now but it will also make delicious early drinking for its fresh fruit and adamant minerality.
The most complex and alluring of Bonhomme’s Viré-Clessés.