Neil Beckett | A cuvée Grégory has been making since his arrival here in 2002: some 900 precious bottles, from a small parcel at the south of the appellation toward the grand cru sector of Chaffots and Clos St-Denis. Grégory's beloved Chassin barrels allow the aérien, floral aromas (hallmark peony and violet, as Grégory says) to captivate unhindered. Amazing, if fitting, black-strap intensity and profundity, but what is still more amazing is the effortless harmony and levity with which it is all related, through richly layered but supremely silken tannins. | 95–96