The 2017 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots is very special, unfurling in the glass with a captivating bouquet of rose petal, raspberry, cassis, blood orange and smoked duck. On the palate, it's full-bodied, layered and complete, with a deep, concentrated core, satiny tannins and serious concentration, concluding with a long, flavorful finish. This old vine cuvée increasingly nods in the stylistic direction of Domaine Leroy!

The 2016 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots is one of the highlights of the range this year, offering up a complex bouquet of rose petal, Asian spices, wild berries and sapid bass notes of grilled game bird and smoke. On the palate, it's full-bodied, ample and layered, with satiny structuring tannins, an intensely concentrated core of fruit and a long, resonant finish. This is a powerful, complete and tight-knit Suchots that will really reward bottle age.

The 2015 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots wafts from the glass with brooding aromas of plums, wild berries, rich spice, orange rind and subtle game bird. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and deep, with a cool core of fruit, sappy acids and an abundance of fine-grained tannic structure. A very promising Suchots which will need time.

The 2012 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots was Charles Lachaux's debut vintage at the estate, and the wine looks back to his father's style as much as it anticipates his own. Offering up a rich bouquet of wild berries, baking chocolate, warm spices, peonies and toasty oak, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with an elegantly muscular chassis of powdery tannin, lively acids and a long, expansive finish. It's a lovely wine, but it's more marked by its élevage and not quite so captivatingly perfumed as the 2018 tasted alongside. It was vinified with 50% whole cluster.