The 2019 Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze Grand Cru is already showing a little maturity on the nose. It has a perfumed bouquet with red cherries and crushed strawberry fruit, damp moss and a touch of oyster shell. It coheres in the glass and gains in terms of complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, perfectly judged acidity, vivacious red fruit and a slightly viscous texture. Concentrated but not overpowering, this retains wonderful focus and lingers temptingly on the aftertaste. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.

Aromas of cassis, plums, orange oil, smoked meats, loamy soil and black truffle preface Faiveley's 2019 Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru, a full-bodied, velvety and sumptuous wine that's elegantly textural and fleshy, with its broad-shouldered chassis of tannin cloaked in an ample core of succulent fruit. Long and complete, it's a terrific Clos de Bèze in the making.