The 2016 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru has lovely black fruit on the nose, touches of sous bois and morels coming through with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, sappy and juicy in the mouth with plenty of red cherry and orange pith notes toward the grippy finish. One of the best from Marchand-Tawse in 2016.

The 2015 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru has a very refined bouquet that shows a little more precision and focus than the Clos de Vougeot: bright black cherry and cassis fruit, nicely integrated new oak. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, veins of orange peel developing towards the structured finish with good persistence in the mouth. Maybe I would have liked a little more finesse, but otherwise, this is a well-crafted Charmes-Chambertin.

The 2013 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru has a fragrant bouquet, very floral and outgoing with cassis and blueberry scents. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, fine delineation and focused with a sorbet-fresh finish. Fine.

This is the first wine to really display a lot of wood influence and it's very generous indeed as it dominates the dark berry fruit and earth aromas. There is excellent richness and fine phenolic maturity to the round and seductively textured medium weight flavors that culminate in a dusty, mouth coating and impressively persistent finish. My projected range implicitly assumes that the oak will be successfully integrated with sufficient time in bottle. Barrel Sample: 91-93