The 2017 Nuits Saint-Georges 1er Cru La Perrière Blanc offers up attractive aromas of fresh Anjou pear, wet stones, lemon oil, red apples and pastry cream. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, tangy and incisive, with an elegantly textural attack and a notably chalky, phenolic profile that this cuvée always seems to display. It's a singular wine that is well worth seeking out.

The 2016 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru La Perrière Blanc wafts from the glass with aromas of lemon curd, drawn butter, mandarin and crisp yellow apple, followed by a medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy palate with considerable texture and concentration, ripe acids and a long, oak-inflected and gently phenolic finish. This powerful, structured wine still needs time to knit together, but it will reward bottle age.