Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru was more advanced in appearance than its peers. I thought perhaps there was some stem addition here. It certainly seems that way on the nose with an attractive stemminess filtering through the red berry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, fine acidity, very well balanced with genuine complexity and nuance on the finish. There is something enigmatic about this Charmes-Chambertin and I look forward to seeing how it matures. Chanson deserves much credit for this excellent Grand Cru that out-gunned a lot of famous names under blind conditions. Tasted September 2016.