2017 Le Prieure

This has absolutely wonderful richness and freshness with a saline note - I tasted it twice and it impressed even more the second time. It's a real success in the vintage, although it carries the signature of an austere, savoury-fruited year. Undergoing biodynamic conversion over the full 6.24ha, divided into 19 plots on south-facing slopes of the plateau. Jean Claude Berrouet consults.

The 2017 Le Prieuré was tasted on two occasions, the sample wildly different on this occasion. It offers glossy black cherries and cassis fruit on the nose. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy blackberry and bilberry fruit, a fine line of acidity and plenty of freshness on the structured, focused finish. I was not expecting this to show so well at this early stage, but this is very promising.