A Grand Cru that thrives on adversity. The 2010 season threw everything at Burgundy—spring frosts, rain, hail, and a cool, damp summer—but a warm September rescued the surviving crop, concentrating flavors in tiny, thick-skinned berries. In that crucible, Jadot's Bonnes-Mares emerged with pure, crystalline Pinot Noir character: layers of red and black cherry, woodsmoke, fresh herbs, and raw cocoa, threaded with vibrant acidity that keeps the wine taut and alive. Founded in 1859, Maison Louis Jadot has long held prime parcels across the Côte d'Or, and their strip of steep Bonnes-Mares hillside, straddling multiple soil types in Chambolle-Musigny, yields a wine of uncommon depth. After extended maceration and eighteen to twenty months in oak, the tannins land supple and fine-grained, framing cranberry and red-currant fruit that will continue to unfold for years. This is cool-climate Burgundy at its most transparent—less opulent than the celebrated 2009, but arguably more precise.