Domaine Arlaud, Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 2020

"The 2020 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru, matured in 15% new oak, showed just a tiny morsel of reduction on the nose, that the concentration here was still tangible. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, fine acidity, taut and fresh and very precise. This has real class and verve, though it will benefit from several years in bottle." - Neal Martin

"This is from the Mazoyères side. Black purple colour. Notably reductive at first, though that soon blows off to allow heady black cherry notes, The volume of fruit is indisputable and it is certainly very rich. One of the last to be picked. I still like it a great deal and I can still see the Mazoyères mineral character through the middle." - Jasper Morris, MW