CHAMBERTIN

(from purchased grapes that Perrot has the right to intercede with certain aspects of the viticulture). This too is aromatically very cool and pure and there is plenty of nuance on the liqueur-like aromas of plum, dark cherry, forest floor and a suggestion of humus. The tight, focused and strikingly intense big-bodied flavors possess excellent mid-palate density along with a superbly long finish that, like the Beaux Monts, is akin to rolling small pebbles around in the mouth. This austere, backward and tightly coiled effort will need at least 6 to 8 years to add flesh and complexity and will likely require fully 20 years to reveal its full potential. Drinking range: 2037 - Rating: 92-95 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2019)

The 2017 Chambertin Grand Cru has the most backward and surly nose of Christophe Perrot-Minot’s Grand Crus, but it just needs a few swirls to reveal enticing raspberry, cranberry, brown spice and slightly ferrous aromas. The mineralité starts to reveal itself with aeration. The medium-bodied palate offers supple tannin, gorgeous pure raspberry preserve notes mixed with blood orange, sea salt and light quince, and marmalade notes toward the succinct finish. Predictably as it might read, this is the best 2017 from Perrot-Minot. Drinking range: 2022 - 2048 Rating: 94-96 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Jan 2019)

Discreet. Perfumed. Black fruits. Sophisticated and pure - very deep and channelled. It is quieter and more mineral than the aromatic Clos de Bèze with a focused persistent finish, streamed with dark graphite minerality. Rating: 19.85 Sarah Marsh MW, The Burgundy Briefing (Dec 2018)