I do not get to taste anywhere near as much Domaine Ramonet wines as I used to once upon a time, but still love them when they cross my path. The 2016 Ruchottes is still a very young wine, but it is quite shapely and it is already very tasty in its youthful phase of complexity. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a classy blend of apple. pear, chalky soil tones, a nice touch of signature mintiness and a deft foundation of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is crisp, full-bodied and beautifully balanced out of the blocks, with a fine core, good focus and grip and a long, zesty and nascently complex finish. It is still too young to really be drinking this wine, but when offered a glass, who was I to refuse on those grounds?