The 2012 Chambolle-Musigny “les Carrières” from Domaine Felettig is really lovely, as this very chalky climat has a great base of hard limestone that really delivers great bounce and breed. The excellent nose delivers scents of red plums, sappy cherries, cocoa, stony chalky, a touch of fresh thyme and a fine framing of vanillin oak. I did not ask, but I intuit that this wine was also raised in its customary fifty percent new wood, based on its closer structural similarity to the Combottes than the Feusselottes. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure and sappy at the core, with suave tannins, fine focus and very good grip on the long, nascently complex finish. This will be lovely, but give it five or six years. 2020-2050+. 92+

The 2012 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru les Carrières has a lifted, quite earthy bouquet with broody black fruit, autumn leaves and fresh mint, gaining more confidence with each swirl of the glass. The palate is structured and masculine: good depth and acidity, but sultry and backward at the moment. There is a touch of black truffle coming through on the finish that is assertive and will require three or four years to mellow. - Neal Martin