Chambertin Grand Cru, Domaine du Clos Frantin, 2015

"The 2015 Chambertin Grand Cru has a very expressive bouquet that comes racing out of the traps: ebulliant morello cherries, crushed strawberry, rose petals and damson scents that are quite intoxicating even at this prenatal stage. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, tensile tannin, layers of crisp red cherry and raspberry fruit sprinkled with white pepper and clove. This builds nicely in the mouth and it fans out gloriously, whereas the Charmes-Chambertin remains recalcitrant and linear. This is superb."

"Dense imperial red purple, hugely vigorous dense red fruit on both nose and palate. A fine mineral crunch behind. A little bit awkward in its youth but the building blocks are there. Is the acidity natural?"