Medium yellow. Piquant orange peel. Large scaled and mouthfilling for Chassagne-you feel the oak more than you taste it. Plenty of citrus fruit and stuffing with a terrifically integrated acid core. Relatively broad rather than detailed. I like it a lot.

Light yellow. Lactic aromas. Creamy, absolutely marvelous harmonious feel with old vine richness cut by perfect acidity. Because there is so much stuffing, the wood is almost invisible here. Low pitched citrus complements the leesiness. I love the balance here. This is tremendous Corton Charlemagne which I would be tempted to drink on the early side (like tonight, for example!!).

Full ruby. Exotic black cherry liqueur on the nose. Much more substantial than one expects from the commune with dark red fruit, earth tones and strong acidity. For the $5-10 price differential, this would just kill most Bougognes and is drinking beautifully now. I don't have scads of experience with Ladoix, but I don't think I've ever had a better one.

Ruby. More subdued aromatics than the Ladoix. More sappy than that wine, but the flavors are more monochromatic, and the fruit is not as interesting. Certainly not bad for what it is, but hard to get excited given a $40 price tag.