This is rich and fleshy, sporting black cherry, blackberry and boysenberry fruit, shaded by sweet spices and a distinctive mineral note. Turns more defined midpalate to the finish, which is long and expansive. Best from 2025 through 2042. 27 cases imported.

Aromas of cherries, dark chocolate, sweet soil tones and potpourri preface Méo's 2019 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes, a medium to full-bodied, layered and elegantly muscular wine with a generous core of fruit framed by rich and powdery tannins. This is quite a virile, powerful Chaumes this year, and it will reward bottle age.

The 2019 Vosne-Romanee Les Chaumes ler Cru is very concentrated and powerful on the nose of crushed-violet- and iodine-infused ripe black cherries and creme de cassis. A little over the top, maybe? The palate is very ripe, with layers of sweet cassis fruit, lush and precocious at the expense of terroir expression. A thoroughly pleasurable Les Chaumes, for sure, but not as intellectual as some of Meo-Camuzet's other cuvees.