Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, the 2014 Chapelle Chambertin Grand Cru has a lifted bouquet, floral and effervescent with shimmering red cherry and strawberry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a fine line of acidity, very classy and pure with a caressing, tender but persistent finish that is a pure joy despite its austerity. Rossignol-Trapet's Chapelle-Chambertin seems to be improving in bottle. Just a wonderful grand cru. Tasted September 2017.

Palish medium red. Ripe, musky aromas of redcurrant, plum, smoke, dried flowers and earth. Fat and sweet on entry, then a bit more clenched in the middle, conveying terrific depth to the flavors of cherry, redcurrant and crushed rock. This distinctly salty, soil-driven 2014 finishes with fine-grained tannins and terrific mounting length. Chapelle's warmer terroir often outperforms in cooler vintages.

Mid crimson. Spicy and peppery but redolent of dark-red fruit. Already so open and expressive. Lithe and expressive on the palate too. Lots of pleasure if not grand-cru intensity in this vintage, though it does have impressive persistence. The Beaune Teurons may not last as long but is better value in the medium term for drinking pleasure. (JH)