2017 vintage of Champs Pimont from Domaine Clos de la Chapelle is really a charmer in this vintage, offering up a beautifully pure, red fruity bouquet of red plums, cherries, a touch of cocoa powder, a lovely base of soil tones, a hint of fresh herbs and a very judicious framing of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and more closed down than the nose suggests, with lovely focus and grip, a very good core of fruit, suave tannins and a long, tangy and complex finish. This is a really lovely bottle of Beaune premier cru, but it will need some time to properly blossom and the palate to catch up with the already beguiling generosity of the nose. (Drink between 2025-2075) (91+) (AM)

There’s a very fresh array of bright cherries here. Quite pure. Some violets, too. The palate has a succulent, almost silky feel with fine tannins suspended in ripe red-fruit flavors. Drink or hold.