The 2017 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is showing well, offering up aromas of citrus oil, Anjou pear, hazelnut cream and fresh pastry, followed by a medium to full-bodied, elegantly textural palate that's lively and quite tight knit, with creditable concentration, racy acids and a precise finish. This can't match the depth and dimension of the house's "Récolte du Domaine" bottlings, but it's a fine effort that should develop well in the cellar. It was bottled under Diam 10.

The 2015 Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru offers up notes of buttered orchard fruit, peach and citrus rind, framed by toasty new oak. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, with a textural attack that gives way to a rather diffuse mid-palate and somewhat rustic finish that seems to be marked both by oak tannin and the warmth of the vintage. This isn't one of the highlights of the Olivier Leflaive portfolio this year.

Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting, the 2014 Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru from Olivier Leflaive offers comparatively powerful fruit on the nose, with touches of orange rind and spice, honeysuckle scents that emerge with time. The palate is bright on the entry with crisp acidity, green apple mixed with lime and fresh pear rendering this Corton-Charlemagne a bit...obvious. I can see the commercial appeal, although it is not the best in show.