Somewhat ironically, this is both more elegant and fresher than the Clos de Bèze with one of the most complex noses of the entire vintage as it combines a seemingly endless array of spice, mineral, fruit and Gevrey Sauvage characters. The impressively rich, serious, mouth coating and broad-shouldered flavours possess superb volume and muscle on the sensationally persistent and explosive finish. This is even more backward than the Bèze and should be capable of rewarding 20-plus years of cellar time as the tannins are also quite fine but very dense. At such an early juncture I honestly can't say whether this will exceed the brilliant 2009 but it just might as the 2010 is clearly one of the best five wines of the vintage.