The 2016 Meursault 1er Cru Les Gouttes d'Or is one of the finest bottlings in Domaine d'Auvenay's portfolio this year, and evidently one of the wines of the vintage too. Notes of Anjou pear, apples and white flowers mingle with nuances of almond paste, sesame and praline in a complex bouquet, introducing a full-bodied, ample and broad-shouldered wine of immense concentration, dimension and length, that attains almost unthinkable textural finesse and effortless equilibrium despite its massive scale and formidable endowment of dry extract.