2023 Chambolle-Musigny 1. Cru Les Borniques Domaine Hudelot-Baillet

(from a small parcel that produces on average only two barrels or approximately 600 bottles annually). A perfumed and spicy nose freely reveals its combination of various dark berries, violet and vaguely exotic tea hints. The supple and rich medium weight plus flavors flash excellent power and minerality while delivering positively huge length on the firm, serious and youthfully austere finale. This is quite compact and clearly built-toage but it’s not so backward that it couldn’t be reasonably approached after only 5 to 7 years.

The 2023 Chambolle-Musigny Les Borniques 1er Cru was raised in one- and two-year-old barrels. A mixture of red and black fruit on the nose, it is a little earthier than Les Cras without the same degree of precision. The palate is fresh, crisp and medium-bodied with fine tannins. It's not the most complex Chambolle, yet there is plenty of energy here. Give this two or three years once bottled.