The 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet Village Blanc is showing well, opening in the glass with notes of pear, Meyer lemon, toasted nuts and dried white flowers. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, fleshy but precise, both more open-knit and a touch less concentrated than the superb 2017. This will drink well young.

The 2017 Chassagne-Montrachet Village Blanc exhibits an attractive bouquet of green orchard fruit, toasted nuts and white flowers, followed by a medium to full-bodied, satiny and succulent palate with bright acids and a generous core of fruit. It's a lovely Chassagne that will drink well for a decade or more.

Aromas of lime, green orchard fruit and some exotic top notes of musk melon, framed by toasty new oak, introduce the 2016 Chassagne-Montrachet Village Blanc, a medium to full-bodied, tangy wine with good concentration and depth. I suspect it will become more unctuous and exotic with bottle age.

Niellon's 2015 Chassagne Montrachet Village Blanc offers up an attractive nose of yellow stone fruit and nutty new oak, as well as an exotic top note of petrol. On the palate, the wine is rich and full-bodied, with a deep core of fruit, lavish textural gloss and ripe acids. This is a characterful, flavorful rendition of the vintage, firmly stamped by the domaine style.

The 2014 Chassagne Montrachet Village, which sees just a 5% brushing of new wood, has a light, grapefruit and melon-scented bouquet. The palate is crisp and saline on the entry with a keen thread of acidity, quite linear in the mouth with green apples and a touch of spice on the finish. It just needs a little more harmony to come through and certainly more persistence. I was hoping for more from this village cru.