The 2019 Beaune 1er Cru Les Montrevenots has turned out beautifully, mingling aromas of sweet berry fruit with hints of smoke and rose petals. Medium-bodied, elegant but concentrated, it's velvety and charming, with fine depth at the core and a long, perfumed finish.

Vincent Dancer had trouble controlling his younger vines in the Beaune Montrevenots, in 2002 they yielded 43 hectoliters per hectare. He seems confounded by this parcel of 6 year-old vines, saying that their sugars soar rapidly (they came in at 14.2% natural). Its dark berry and smoky oak aromas lead to a roasted oak and blackberry-flavored, light-bodied character. Importer: A Roy Cloud Selection, Vintage ‘59 Imports, Washington, DC; tel. (202) 966-9218