(85% destemmed): Bright red-ruby. Blackberry and black cherry on the musky nose. Juicy and impressively concentrated for village wine, with supple but urgent crushed dark berry flavors joined on the end by a note of bitter chocolate. An outperformer in the making. (By the way, if you happen to see a bottle of the 2012 Bourgogne Rouge, which Roumier told me is already oversubscribed, grab it. This wine boasts incredible fruit intensity and length for its appellation.)

Dark cherry, plum, menthol, cloves and licorice all meld together in the 2012 Chambolle-Musigny. This is a surprisingly dark, fleshy Chambolle by Roumier standards. The flavors are layered, deep and resonant throughout. A powerful village level Chambolle, the 2012 should offer a decade-plus of hugely rewarding drinking. Jan 2014

The 2012 Chambolle-Musigny Village has one of those “stalking” bouquets that creep up on you, unfurling with its earthy red berry fruit mingling with forest floor and briary. The palate is very well balanced with crisp tannins, the fruit erring towards dark berries towards the finish that is very precise. This is devilishly delicious. Dec 2013

Bright medium red. High-pitched aromas and flavors of raspberry, menthol, mint and crushed rock. Juicy and energetic for 2012 and perhaps already shutting down in the bottle. Almost painful on the back end today. This serious, firmly tannic village wine should be cellared at at least a few years. March 2015