2015 - Latricieres-Chambertin Grand Cru, Duroche

(aged in one one-year-old and one two-year-old barrel; from roughly 40-year-old vines located next to Chambertin): Medium red. At once blacker and less wild on the nose than the foregoing samples, offering scents of blackberry, black cherry, licorice and crushed stone. Silky and juicy on entry, then ripe and fresh in the mid-palate without being especially sweet and boasting lovely spicy lift. A refined style with a plush, fine-grained texture and just a touch of leathery complexity. Here the tannins are almost invisible today and the long, subtle finish saturates the entire palate. This should age longer than the Charmes but the Charmes may need a bit more time for its tannins to harmonize.