The 2019 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Narbantons soars from the glass with aromas of raspberries, cherries, blood orange, black truffle, burning embers and forest floor. Full-bodied, layered and velvety, it's deep and concentrated, with a textural attack that segues into an ample core of vibrant fruit and a long, expansive finish. Sensual and charming, to the extent that there's an "underrated" wine chez Leroy, this cuvée is it.

Head-turning aromas of black raspberries, sweet spices, orange rind, peonies and grilled squab introduce Domaine Leroy's 2018 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Narbantons, a medium to full-bodied, deep and perfumed wine that's sumptuous and enveloping, with velvety tannins, lively acids and a long, sapid finish. One of the more demonstrative wines in the range, this will offer a broad drinking window.

The 2017 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Narbantons is showing especially well this year, bursting with notes of raspberries, cherries, woodsmoke, grilled squab and rose petals. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, supple and enveloping, with succulent acids, powdery tannins and an ample core of sapid fruit, concluding with a long and precise finish.

The 2016 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Narbantons is glorious, soaring from the glass in a blaze of red cherries, plums, rose petals and spices. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with incredible concentration without weight, rich but satiny structuring tannin and a long, vibrant finish.

Domaine Leroy's 2015 Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Narbantons bursts from the glass with a deep bouquet of plums, red berries, grilled squab and forest floor. On the palate, the wine is broad and velvety, its tannins entirely hidden in a sapid core of fruit, its underpinning acids bright and vibrant and its finish long. This Savigny's structural finesse is as striking as its marriage of bright fruit with kaleidoscopic savory nuance.