The 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Jeunes Rois is a high point, nipping at the heels of the Etelois this year. Offering up aromas of cherries, sweet red berries, spices, potpourri and vanilla pod, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and velvety, with a multidimensional core, beautifully refined tannins and a seamless, complete profile.

Revisited from bottle, the 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Jeunes Rois wafts from the glass with aromas of red berries, spices, loamy soil and dark chocolate. Medium to full-bodied, layered and velvety, with lively acids and a nicely concentrated core of vibrant fruit, it's framed by powdery tannins and concludes with a long, nicely defined finish.

The 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Jeunes Rois has turned out very nicely in bottle, mingling aromas of sweet berry fruit with hints of licorice, wilted rose petals, forest floor and orange rind. Medium-bodied and supple, it's bright and enveloping, with lovely acids and melting tannins. As I've observed before, this cuvée derives from a parcel planted in 1953 that tends to produce lots of small, "millrandé" berries.