The 2023 Morey-Saint-Denis Très Girard has a delightful bouquet with brambly red berry fruit, forest floor and hints of wilted rose petals that emerge with time. Smooth in texture, the palate is very well balanced with pliant tannins and pastille-like purity on the finish. This is leaps and bounds better than the previous vintage, though it needs a few months to soak up the oak.(NM)

Note: from a .18 ha parcel planted in 1946. Subtle if still easily perceptible wood influence can be found on the ripe aromas of mostly black cherry and newly turned earth. The vibrant and attractively textured middle weight flavors are not particularly dense but I like the persistence of the youthfully austere finale. This does however need to develop quite a bit of depth if it's going to merit the upper end of my projected range.