The 2016 Chassagne Montrachet Village was reduced by around 50% in this vintage due to frost. Nevertheless, it sports an attractive bouquet full of orange zest, tangerine and white peach aromas that shrug off the trauma of the growing season with some aplomb. The palate is crisp and fresh, the 25% new oak perhaps just a little vocal toward the finish, but that will be subsumed with, say, 24 months in bottle. Very fine.

The 2015 Chassagne Montrachet, which comes from 15 different parcels and matured in 20% new oak, offers an attractive, patisserie-tinged bouquet with hints of nutmeg and walnut coming through, rendering it almost Meursault-like in style. The palate is fresh on the entry with a keen line of acidity, which is necessary to counterbalance the fatness on the mid-palate. Quite rich, a little creamy in style, but I can see the wide appeal that this will have.

The 2014 Chassagne Montrachet Villages has a light, crisp bouquet with citrus peel and fresh pear on the nose, underneath which lies fine mineral scents that will become accentuated with time. The palate is very well balanced with good depth, just a touch of spice towards the finish that is quite linear at the moment, but displays fine salinity on the aftertaste. Drink over the next 4-6 years.