The 2020 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves (Domaine Gagey) is especially successful this year, wafting from the glass with aromas of dark berry fruit, orange rind, peonies and rich spices. Medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, it's deep and serious, with ripe tannins and lively acids. While it's appropriately youthfully structured, it doesn't display any of the austerity one sometimes finds in this particular bottling.

Aromas of sweet berry fruit, petals, plums and spices preface the 2019 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves (Domaine Gagey), a medium to full-bodied, bright and fleshy wine with a pretty core of fruit, lively acids and powdery structuring tannins. This has the structure to age, and it will merit a bit of patience.

The 2018 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves (Domaine Gagey) is showing nicely from bottle, offering up aromas of red cherries, pomegranate, plums and woodsmoke. Medium to full-bodied, bright and vibrant, with powdery but youthfully assertive structuring tannins and fine depth at the core, this is one of the cooler, more classically balanced 2018s in the range this year, with lively fruit tones and bright acids, and it's a fine prospect for the cellar.

The 2017 Beaune 1er Cru Grèves (Domaine Gagey) exhibits aromas of smoky plums, red berries, forest floor and grilled squab. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, with a tensile, tangy profile, its bright core of fruit only partially concealing its youthfully chewy tannins. Structurally, it's typical Grèves and will require a bit of bottle age before revealing its quality.

The 2016 Beaune 1er Cru Les Grèves has a very cohesive, perfumed and seductive bouquet with ample red cherry, crushed strawberry and raspberry scents, a touch of vanilla pod tucked in just behind. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, judicious acidity, lively with a linear, subtle sea-influenced finish. Very fine.