Medium red with a palish rim. Reticent but pure aromas of strawberry and flowers, plus an exotic whiff of white fruits. Then silky, sweet and densely packed, but with superb energy and underlying minerality giving outstanding definition to the middle palate. A weightless yet utterly insinuating wine with a tightly coiled finish and outstanding subtle, rising length. Lay this beauty down for a decade.

The 2007 Corton Grand Cru Clos des Cortons Faiveley is showing beautifully, revealing a pretty and complex nose of cherries, cassis, candied peel, musk, coniferous forest floor and cedar. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and layered, with fine depth at the core and a pleasing sense of completeness, it's framed by lively acids and melting tannins. This is drinking very well today.