The 2019 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Grande Montagne mingles notes of pear, toasted nuts, citrus and smoke in an inviting bouquet. Medium to full-bodied, textural and fleshy, with good depth and mid-palate amplitude, this is one of the more promising whites in the range.

Latour's 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Grande Montagne wafts from the glass with aromas of pear, musky peach and honeycomb. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, textural and charming, exhibiting a giving, open-knit profile while retaining fine cut.

Surpassing its performance last year, the 2017 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Grande Montagne offers up aromas of crisp orchard fruit, citrus oil and warm bread, followed by a medium to full-bodied palate with a pretty core of fruit and an attractively chalky, mineral profile.

The 2016 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Grande Montagne displays a pretty bouquet of pear, waxy lemon rind and pastry cream, followed by a full-bodied, oily palate that's open-knit and expansive but would benefit from a touch more cut and tension. Readers prepared to overlook that defect and admire the wine's sheer scale will want to add a couple of points to my score.

The 2015 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Grande Montagne is one of the comparative high points of Louis Latour's white portfolio this year, offering up notes of yellow stone fruit, pears and white flowers, framed by a light application of nutty new oak. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, with no profound reserves of depth or concentration, but nice balance for the near term and chalky grip on the finish.