Revisited from bottle, the 2018 Charlemagne Grand Cru has turned out nicely, unwinding in the glass with scents of frangipane, fresh pear, Meyer lemon, white flowers and praline. Medium-bodied, delicate and fine-boned, its elegantly textural attack segues into an attractively ample mid-palate that's girdled by bright acids, concluding with an understated but nicely penetrating finish.

The 2018 Charlemagne Grand Cru comes from two parcels in Le Charlemagne, in Aloxe-Corton and En Charlemagne on the Pernand side, picked one week apart since the latter takes longer to ripen. It has an excellent bouquet of intense pressed flowers and chalk-infused citrus fruit. The palate is very well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, poised and pretty, revealing orange peel and touches of ginger toward the finish. Drink over the next 12–15 years.