Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2012 tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru les Caillerets from Domaine Paul Pillot has a detailed, mineral-driven bouquet that is nicely focused, slightly fumé in style with candied orange peel emerging with continued aeration. The palate is well balanced with mandarin and a pinch of spice on the entry. There is good weight and fruit concentration here, a keen line of acidity though the finish needs to forage a touch more finesse, which in fact it does with about fifteen minutes aeration in the glass. I have faith in this Chassagne-Montrachet so give it three or four more years in the cellar. - Neal Martin

(BH90-92 points) As is often, if not always, the case this is slightly riper than the Clos St. Jean with its ever-so-slightly exotic aromas of dried yellow fruit, spice and stony hints. There is an even greater sense of minerality to the medium-bodied, rich and caressing flavors that possess fine volume and seriously good intensity on the palate coating finish that is not only firmer but borderline tannic in character. As such I would buy this with the intention of allowing at least 3 to 4 years of cellar time first.