This is starting to open now with silky tannins, bright acidity and a tangy finish. Light earth, spice and meat flavors. Lots of dried citrus too. Delicious finish. Drink now.

Sweet cherry, raspberry, spice and earth aromas and flavors play off the open texture and round profile of this red, with a firm structure buried underneath. Fine length. Best from 2012 through 2022. 750 cases made. — BS

The 2008 Mareuil-sur-Aÿ Extra Brut is one of a trio of single-plot cuvées, of which 2008 is the second vintage after 2006. Grown in several upper plots of the Clos des Goisses that are entirely planted with Pinot Noir (on...

94+ The 2008 Latricières-Chambertin from Domaine Rossignol-Trapet is not quite as open as the lovely 2011, but it is getting closer to its primetime window of drinkability and will end up being a step up from the lovely...

Initially this was quite closed but with 45 minutes of aeration the nose opened to reveal aromas of violets, earth, stone and a mix of perfumed red and blue pinot fruit. The medium-bodied flavors were equally tight though...

An ultra elegant and refined nose is intensely floral with a densely fruited mix of red and blue pinot liqueur aromas. The textured, supple and solidly well-concentrated middle weight flavors exude a fine minerality that...