A more sauvage influence suffuses the nose of poached plum, spicy red currant and newly turned earth. The rich, delicious and caressing medium weight flavors flash evident minerality that continues onto the bitter pit...

(90+ points) Good medium red. Complex, scented nose offers red berries, dark cherry, sage and white pepper. Juicy, spicy and quite brisk, with impressive inner-palate energy in the style of the vintage's better examples...

The 2020 Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru is clean and precise on the nose: an enticing mélange of red and black fruit, briar and a touch of aniseed. The palate is sapid on the entry, with wonderful vivacious red cherries...