Chambolle Musigny Amoureuses, Louis Jadot 2018

Moderately generous wood and menthol influences are present on the very spicy, cool and agreeably airy red berry fruit-inflected nose. The sleek, succulent and gorgeously detailed middle weight flavors exude a lovely minerality that adds a sense of lift to the dusty, serious and firmly structured finish that goes on and on. This is exceptionally classy and quite stylish as well.

There are three barrels of the 2018 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses (Domaine Louis Jadot), and when I inquired Frédéric Barnier admitted that he had indeed retained a bit of whole bunch fruit for this cuvée. Bursting with aromas of raspberries, cinnamon, orange rind, rose petals and musk, it's full-bodied, ample and succulent, with terrific depth at the core, lively acids and a long, perfumed finish. This is one of the finest wines in the portfolio this year.