The 2019 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes is extraordinary, unfurling in the glass with scents of raspberries, plums and pomegranate mingled with rose petals, orange oil and exotic spices. Medium to full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's concentrated and tightly wound, with beautifully refined tannins, lively acids and a long, saline finish. As usual, it's one of the high points of the range.

Cropped at a paltry 15 hectoliters per hectare, the 2018 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes is a worthy rival to the Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaumonts this year. Unwinding in the glass with scents of raspberries, wild berries, rose petals, exotic spices, orange rind, violets and sweet soil tones, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and intense, with lively acids, velvety structuring tannins and a long, perfumed finish.

The 2017 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes is also spectacular this year, soaring from the glass with a striking bouquet of raspberries, cherries, rose hips, peonies and cinnamon. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, supple and velvety, its envelopingly textural attack segueing into a deep and concentrated core, concluding with a long, precise and elegantly chalky finish.

The 2016 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes is one of the most exciting wines in the portfolio this year, unfurling in the glass with a beautifully defined bouquet of pomegranate, rose petal, raspberries, red plums and sweet spices, with only hints at the savory nuances to come. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and searingly intense, with a deep, layered mid-palate that's both more multidimensional and more structured than the Chambolle Fremières—a feat that had scarcely seemed possible. The finish is long, fine-grained and intensely chalky. In this frost-ravaged vintage, Bize-Leroy has produced a wine that tastes like the distilled essence of Chambolle Charmes.

Domaine Leroy's 2015 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes is spellbindingly wonderful, wafting from the glass with notes of cherry, raspberry, red plum, peony, lapsang tea and sweet spice. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, multidimensional and effortlessly complete, with incredible perfume, superb concentration and incredible length on the saline, penetrating finish. Of all Leroy's premier crus, this wine is the hardest to describe, since it's defined above all by its grace and harmony.