Pure Burgundy goodness from a tiny parcel in this rocky, clay, and limestone site (Clos de la Roche is named after a boulder used by the Celts for rituals), the 2019 Clos De La Roche Grand Cru offers a powerful, ripe, yet also an ethereal style that is just so compelling and satisfying. Pure red and black (and some blue) fruits, incense, orange blossom, and other exotic nuances all emerge on the nose, and it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a layered, velvety mouthfeel, ripe tannins, and a great, great finish. It's flat-out brilliant and I think a fair step up over the 2018. Give it a few years and enjoy bottles over the coming 20 years.

A spectacular wine. This is produced from 50-year-old vines in the original Clos de la Roche. More than 60% of the grapes were fermented as whole clusters, using a short maceration before the fermentation and no punching down. This fragrant wine shows damson plum and mulberry, the texture is silky, yet the tannins are very firm and a lovely earthy complexity develops with time. Should age well.

(92-94 points) A dark core with a purple rim. The bouquet does not come bubbling out of the glass, we had to go and search this out. The wine is a little more on the earth-bound side, a little less airy. Certainly there is a good weight of fruit, slightly crushed dark raspberry, balanced acidity, and with the right proportion of tannins.