A blend that includes the Clos des Lambrays's younger vines, along with grapes from the premiers crus of La Riotte, Clos Sorbet and Le Village, the 2020 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Les Loups reveals aromas of dark berry fruit, orange rind and rich spices. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and succulent, with powdery tannins and lively acids, it's a nicely balanced wine that shows promise.

The 2019 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Les Loups is promising, bursting from the glass with a dramatic bouquet of cassis, wild berries, blood orange, peonies, spices and incense. Medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with lively acids and powdery tannins, it concludes with a sapid, subtly carnal finish.

Aromas of cassis, sweet berry fruit, violets, spices and creamy new oak introduce the 2018 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Les Loups, a medium to full-bodied, lively wine that's built around fine-grained tannins and lively acids, concluding with a delicately oak-inflected finish.

The charming 2017 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Les Loups offers up a generous bouquet of raspberries, cassis, cinnamon, raw cocoa and orange rind, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and velvety palate that's open-knit and giving in profile, with deeper reserves of fruit at the core than the Morey Village, concluding with a saline finish.