The 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin La Brunelle is quintessentially sensual and charming, wafting from the glass with aromas of raspberries, licorice, sweet spices and petals, framed by a deft touch of toasty oak. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and seamless, it's lively and refined, with a vibrant, enveloping core of fruit and a mouthwatering finish.

One of the portfolio's highlights is the 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin La Brunelle, a medium to full-bodied, rich and velvety wine with a fleshy core of fruit, melting tannins and lively acids, concluding with a saline finish. As ever, it's one of the most immediate, sensual wines in the cellar.

A cuvée produced from what's essentially the garden behind the domaine, the 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin La Brunelle reveals lovely aromas of sweet berry fruit, plums, licorice and rich soil tones. Medium to full-bodied, succulent and charming, with velvety tannins and a lively core of fruit, this is one of the most immediately seductive cuvées in the cellar.

Aromas of raspberries, licorice, peonies and rich soil tones introduce Roty's 2017 Gevrey-Chambertin La Brunelle, a medium to full-bodied, supple and enveloping wine that's charming but precise, its fleshy core of fruit framed by fine-grained tannins and lively acids. From vines in what is effectively the domaine's back garden, this is showing beautifully.

The most immediately charming of Roty's lieux-dits this year, the 2016 Gevrey-Chambertin La Brunelle exhibits a pretty bouquet of ripe cherries, cassis, wood smoke and toasty new oak. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and velvety, with juicy acids, rich tannins and a stony but expansive finish.