The 2015 Meursault Village is showing very well, unfurling in the glass with notes of crisp yellow orchard fruit, Anjou pear, white flowers, honeycomb and hazelnut cream. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, satiny and pure, with beautiful balance, succulent underlying acids and an elegant framing of dry extract that lends a mouthwatering quality to the long, penetrating finish. Without either the strong cooperage or reductive signatures of yesteryear's Coche-Dury, it exemplifies the new stylistic direction taken by Raphaël Coche, and it's a terrific success, surpassing both the 2014 and 2013 renditions.

Like its 2016 counterpart, this is very ripe yet still reasonably fresh with its well-layered nose of red berry fruit liqueur, warm earth and floral scents. The generous yet robust, dense and powerful flavors possess unusually good size and weight for a villages level Meursault, all wrapped in a palate coating and sneaky long finale where the only nit is a touch of warmth. Note that this is sufficiently structured to age well over the mid-term but there is so much sap that it could easily be enjoyed young. If you can find it, check it out.