Charmes Chambertin 2019

Moderate but not intrusive wood surrounds the very spicy aromas of red and dark cherry, black raspberry, violet and an interesting background whiff of blood orange. The is impressive volume to the caressing, succulent and quite rounded big-bodied flavors that coat the palate with sappy dry extract that also serves to buffer the firm tannic spine shaping the balanced finale where the structure become increasingly apparent as the finish sits on the palate. I very much like the complexity, and this too should amply repay extended cellaring. I would note that Geantet consistently does well with their Gevrey villages wines and they did so again in 2019.

Score: 91 - 94

Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2031+ 10 January 2021