The 2023 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Macherelles 1er Cru has a knockout nose with ebullient peach skin, apricot blossom and beeswax scents that lean a little towards Meursault in style. The palate is quite powerful but retains balance, a twist of bitter lemon and a slightly pithy finish. Wonderful complexity. This comes recommended.(NM)

This also displays just enough reduction to render the nose hard to evaluate. More interesting are the delicious and punchy, if not especially dense, flavors that are notably more refined before culminating in a bone-dry and saline-inflected finish that is solidly persistent and not particularly austere. This could use better depth so a few years of keeping are recommended.