Allen Meadows, Burghound

Bertrand Chevillon, who is normally pretty restrained, described 2021 as a "stressful vintage where I would very much like to forget the growing season, yet the quality is surprisingly good. [...] As is usually the case, the expressive nose is quite spicy, indeed blind this could aromatically pass for a Vosne with its pretty plum, dark berry and exotic tea scents. The rich and quite generous yet refined and pure medium-bodied flavors exude a subtle minerality on the bitter pit fruit-inflected finale. Lovely and understated.