2022 Serafin Pere et Fils, Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru, Les Baudes

The 2022 Chambolle Musigny Les Baudes 1er Cru has a generous bouquet, mainly red-fruit-infused, with hickory (like the Les Millandes) and a touch of Wellington boot. It seems to clarify with time in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied, with a lightly spiced, hoisin-tinged entry, white pepper and red peppercorns. This coheres well in the glass, and though the oak is a little present (as it always is with Sérafin), I feel, given bottle age, it should evolve into a fine Chambolle-Musigny. Tasted at merchants' 2022 Burgundy tastings in London.

0.33 ha (0.82 acre) across two parcels, one-third 70 and two-thirds 60 years old. Cask sample. Mid cherry. Lovely sweet red-cherry and redcurrant nose, like just-picked fruit and flowers. Fresh, lifted acidity offers real brightness and clarity to the fruit. This is elegant and sublimely refined. Finely meshed, silky tannins. Real balance between sweetness and fine acidity. (MH)