Notes of pear, clear honey, ripe melon, white flowers and almond paste introduce the 2019 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanée, a medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated wine that's satiny and enveloping, its ample core of fruit framed by chalky extract and succulent acids.

Exhibiting aromas of pear, white currant, fresh melon and peach, the 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanée is full-bodied, satiny and layered, with a textural attack that segues into a deep and concentrated mid-palate that's underpinned by racy acids, concluding with a long and chalky finish.

The 2017 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanée is also showing beautifully from bottle, offering up notes of pear, green apple, crisp cantaloupe melon, bee pollen, citrus oil, pastry cream and white flowers. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, racy and precise, with a tensile, incisive profile and considerable concentration. This will really reward at least a few years' bottle age, as it's quite tightly wound at present.

The 2015 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanée is fabulous, offering up a lovely bouquet of musk melon, citrus zest, vanilla bean and spice. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied and powerful, with a deep, layered mid-palate, succulent acids, excellent concentration and a long, searing finish. La Romanée is typically one of the rounder, more textural 1er Crus of Chassagne but at its best it also possesses a cool sense of reserve that this rendition exemplifies.