Sweet Spot, Outstanding - Allen Meadows, Burghound

Bertrand Chevillon, who is normally pretty restrained, described 2022 as a "superb vintage despite some of our vines in the southern part of Nuits being struck by hail. [...] This is aromatically similar to the Perrières with perhaps just a touch more sauvage character in evidence. The powerful if slightly less concentrated flavors pack first-rate punch on the moderately austere, vibrant and compact finale that is also built to repay longer-term cellaring, indeed 20 years would not be a surprise.