Mid red with some orange at the rim. The bouquet is stern, but it is not aggressive and there is a very significant volume of fruit, strict and still a lot to give. Not seductive at this stage but with an excellent potential from here.

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 2011 version. The bouquet is utterly classic, wafting from the glass in a mix of black cherries, a bit of dark berry, the first signs of black truffles, dark soil, woodsmoke, mustard seed, a lovely element of grilled meats and cedar. On the palate the wine is full-bodied and very pure and complex, with lovely soil signature, excellent depth at the core, moderate tannins and a very long, focused and tangy finish. This is not a crime to drink today, but it is clearly still climbing in quality and I would try to wait at least a handful of more years before starting to drink it in earnest. Fine, fine juice!

This is still carrying enough wood to mention on the still agreeably fresh nose that is displaying the initial hints of secondary development along with plenty of earth, herbal tea and sauvage nuances. There is both good volume and punch to the delicious, round and nicely intense medium-bodied flavors that brim with evident minerality, all wrapped in an ever-so-mildly edgy finish. While this hasn't quite reached its apogee in terms of the underlying tannins, there is that kind of aged burg sweetness that suggests that this is probably drinking about as well as it's likely to and thus I would suggest drinking it up over the next 5 years or so.