The 2014 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru has an exquisite bouquet with blackberry, bilberry and cassis fruit. This is very elegant and linear, great precision here. The palate is very well balanced, structured with citrus-infused blackcurrant fruit. There is that titillating prickle of salinity on the finish, a Mazoyères-like Charmes that should age well over the next 15-20 years.

Bright, dark red. A touch of leathery reduction to the aromas of raspberry, rose petal and smoky, truffley earth. Currently showing its darker Mazoyères side (which compromises roughly one-third of the blend) in the mouth, along with complex soil tones. This firmly built wine finishes with serious spreading tannins and lingering notes of leather and smoke.

Deep crimson. Hint of cheesiness on the nose. Lively and fresh. Lots of excitement. Racy. A little pinched on the end. (JR)