2015 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru Perrot-Minot

There are only 1,500 bottles of this in 2015, made with fruit form two adjacent parcels owned by Pierre Damoy. With 80% whole bunches and 20% new oak, it's typical of the Perrot-Minot style, combining sweetness with structure, charm with rigour. Plush black fruits are complemented by a chalky flourish. 2022-30.

Like the Griotte this is mildly reduced yet my sense is that it's sufficiently light that it won't last. On the plus side there is both excellent volume and concentration to the generously proportioned, supple and seductive flavors that exhibit a subtle minerality on the beautifully complex and persistent if slightly less refined finish. Note that this is quite firmly structured and is going to require patience.

The 2015 Chapelle-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru was more expressive and vibrant on the nose compared to the Griotte Chambertin at this early stage with vivacious blackberry, bergamot, mulberry and violets aromas that come bounding from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with supple and very fine tannin, a keen line of acidity and a sense of composure and harmony that I found wanting in the Griotte. It gently caresses the senses and leaves a residue of spice on the tongue after it has departed. This is a superb offering from Christophe Perrot-Minot.

Bright red with ruby tones. Very deep aromas of ripe plum, smoky minerality and brown spices; this is more earth-bound while the Griottes is airy and high-pitched. Large-scaled, opulent and full but without any heaviness; in fact this is remarkably light on its feet for a typically warm grand cru site in a hot vintage. Finishes with big, fine-grained, horizontal tnnins that saturate the tongue and lovely lingering spicy perfume.