2020 Bourgogne Hautes Cotes de Nuits Le Prieure

Verdet is my reference point for the appellation, and his 2020 Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Le Prieuré has turned out very well. It's a touch richer and deeper pitched than usual in this vintage, offering up aromas of plums and blackberries mingled with subtle hints of spices and potpourri and revealing a medium to full-bodied, broad and textural palate framed by beautifully refined tannins and lively acids. Give this elegant, seamless red Burgundy a few years in bottle this year. Even if it's sufficiently polished to be approachable on release, there's a lot of substance here waiting to unwind.