The 2019 Maranges 1er Cru La Fussière opens in the glass with notes of peonies, cherries, wild berries and spices. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and precise, with lively acids, fine tannins and a perfumed, mouthwateringly saline finish, it's a real success. This cuvée has grown, as the Bachelet brothers have acquired more parcels in this stony climat.

Notions of ripe plums, berries, loamy soil and licorice introduce the 2017 Maranges 1er Cru La Fussière, a medium to full-bodied, velvety wine with rich structuring tannins, a succulent core of fruit and juicy balancing acids. Pure and long on the finish, this hails from soils richer in clay and correspondingly more gourmand than the Clos de la Boutière.

The 2016 Maranges 1er Cru La Fussière is showing very well from bottle, bursting from the glass with a lavish bouquet of plums, sweet spices and dried flowers. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and layered, with a generous, gourmand profile balanced by succulent acids. It concludes with a sapid, youthfully chewy finish. This is a superb red Maranges that represents terrific value.

The 2015 Maranges 1Er Cru la Fussieres, which is the usual blend of ten parcels from vines aged between 40 and 70 years, has a pleasant cold stone scent that percolates through the cranberry and raspberry fruit. There is a sense of control here. The palate is sweet and candied on the entry, the 20% whole bunch fruit lending freshness and a slightly grainy texture towards the finish, which veers towards darker fruit, a potent spicy note lingering on the aftertaste. This will be well worth checking out once in bottle.

The 2013 Marange 1er Cru la Fussières, which saw 25% new wood, has a lovely purity on the bouquet with wild strawberry, raspberry and briary notes with a hint of vanilla in the background. The palate is masculine, a little distant, with a firm backbone and an austere but very nicely focused finish. This should age better than many Maranges because there is real density here.