Suave, silky and expressive, the 2015 Corton Grand Cru is a standout. Silky tannins wrap around a core of ripe red cherry/plum fruit, with pretty floral, hard candy, and spice overtones that develop with a bit of time in the glass. Naturally, the 2015 is very, very young. But it is a gorgeous Burgundy that will repay cellaring handsomely.

The 2015 Corton Grand Cru from Bonneau du Martray, the most impressive young red wine that I've ever encountered from this storied domaine, wafts from the glass with a lovely bouquet of ripe red berries and coniferous forest floor, framed by creamy new oak. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, sapid and silky, its core of beautifully vibrant fruit cloaking its ripe but chalky tannins. While this Corton is a touch less austere and linear than usual, it has lost none of its precision and delicacy. Cropped at 25 hectoliters per hectare.

The 2015 Corton Grand Cru has a very clean, pure bouquet, the bright, vivacious dark cherry fruit mingling with strawberry and crushed stone. The palate is medium-bodied but it feels hollow on the midpalate, and the finish is rather undernourished. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.