Charmes Chambertin, Grand Cru, 2010

Good dark red color. Utterly captivating scents of dark raspberry, coffee, mocha, game, musky underbrush and rose petal. Sweet-verging-on-decadent, offering outstanding volume and gras but also superb inner-mouth tension and digestibility. Opulent flavors of berries and dried flowers saturate the palate with sweetness, but surprising energy keeps the wine from coming across as heavy. My sample ultimately went into a shell in the glass, suggesting that it will need time in bottle to harmonize.