The 2016 Chassagne-Montrachet Village has a light, simple, white flower-tinged bouquet that needs to show more vigor. The palate is rounded on the entry with a slightly honeyed texture, but it feels monochromatic and rather predictable on the finish. Upended by the growing season perhaps?

The 2012 Chassagne-Montrachet is sourced around half from Chanson’s own vines and supplemented by contracted fruit, mainly from the northern side of the village. It has a light, slightly earthy bouquet that needs more vigor and more of Chassagne’s joie-de-vivre. The palate has a pleasing entry of red apple and a hint of mandarin, moderate acidity, but a rather foursquare finish. Drink now-2016. Importer: Terlato International and Mentzendorff (UK)