This has quite pronounced vanilla oak, but has only just been bottled. As it aerates, notes of ripe pear, citrus and pineapple develop. Rich and creamy, this makes a bold statement, but also has lovely freshness that complements the generous body. Keeps pumping out the flavors for a long time at the finish. Drink or hold.

A broad-shouldered, intense white, featuring floral, peach, lemon, butterscotch and vanilla aromas and flavors. Builds to a long, vibrant aftertaste that's fueled by its brisk structure and an underlying mineral component. Drink now through 2028. 150 cases imported.

Rich and demonstrative, the 2019 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru wafts from the glass with aromas of orchard fruits, peach, nutmeg, orange oil and fresh bread. Full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, it's deep and concentrated, with a fleshy core of fruit, lively acids and a long, saline finish. This is an unusually broad-shouldered but beautifully balanced Corton-Charlemagne from Bouchard.

From a parcel against the trees at the top of the slope in thin clay soils over limestone. The nose is a bit closed at first, but opened up with green apple and citrus notes on the palate. It shows pleasantly crisp acidity, but also impressive extract and richness. It should open with age to reveal more of its mineral character. Only 15% of the casks used in the maturation were new, so the wine shows a remarkable purity of fruit. (Drink between 2022-2034)

Pale to mid yellow. Some ripe apples, but not blowsy. A slightly more ponderous impression of fruit, yellow plums, full of face rather than aquiline, with still a pleasing finish and a balance between fruit and alcohol. Yet not the most incisive. DIAM 10 closure.