Notions of orange zest, peonies, spices, rose petals and red berries preface the 2021 Beaune 1er Cru Les Cents Vignes, a medium to full-bodied, melting and open-knit wine that's pretty and perfumed. It's not the most serious or concentrated wine in the range, but it's long on upfront charm.

The 2018 Beaune 1er Cru Les Cents Vignes is performing brilliantly, bursting with aromas of blood orange, peonies, wild berries and spices. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, with an ample core of fruit, velvety tannins and lively acids, it concludes with a long and sapid finish.

One of the more generous and gourmand of David Croix's Beaunes, the 2017 Beaune 1er Cru Les Cents Vignes offers up an expressive bouquet of rose petals, spices and red fruit compote, followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy palate with succulent acids and melting tannins.

The 2014 Beaune 1er Cru les Cents Vignes was lacking a little fruitiness on the nose, just missing some of the energy shown by some of the other 2014s. The palate is foursquare, quite masculine, a serious Beaune that just needs more joie-de-vivre and fleshiness on the austere finish. Let's see how it turns out in bottle.