The 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Grandes Ruchottes is showing brilliantly, revealing an incipiently complex bouquet of lime, pear, waxy citrus rind, white flowers and freshly baked bread. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated and muscular, its textural attack segues into a lively, tensile mid-palate, before concluding with chalky grip. This is one of the wines that can rival its 2017 counterpart chez Pillot.

The 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet Grandes Ruchottes 1er Cru had a heavy reduction at first, although it seemed easy to shift. Underneath lies plenty of citrus fruit, orange pith, beeswax and lanolin aromas all defined and focused. The palate is well-defined with a fine bead of acidity, quite spicy and tensile. Modest in length with a persistent yet bitter finish. Fine. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 white tasting.