Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting, the 2014 Meursault 1er Cru Charmes is showing a touch of reduction on the nose, but underneath lies crisp citrus fruit and fine mineralité interwoven with delicate, subtle white peach scents that surface with time. The palate is saline and fresh on the entry, very tensile with fine delineation, well-integrated oak and impressive depth on the brioche-tinged finish. This is an exceptionally fine contribution to the vintage from Coche-Bizouard.

Yields were so generous in this vintage that Alain Coche had to purchase a Vaslin press, but the 1973 Meursault 1er Cru Charmes is drinking very well today, offering up aromas of clear honey, toasted nuts, orange oil, iodine and drawn butter. Medium to full-bodied, chalky and structured, with tangy acids and a long, saline finish, it's still in its prime.