(91-93) This is quite firmly reduced and aromatically unreadable today. By contrast there is a lovely sense of freshness and vivacity to the more refined and more mineral-driven medium weight flavors that possess excellent intensity as well as a sleek texture on the saline finish. This is very promising because even though it should be approachable young it will need the better part of a decade to reach its full development potential.

Tasted blind, this was also a very strong showing for Pillot's 2015 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets. Aromas of lemon oil, mandarin and nutmeg mingle with hints of petrol and crushed chalk in a complex bouquet, introducing a medium-bodied, tense and stony wine with racy acids and a mouthwatering, unmistakably stony finish. - William Kelley