2022 Musigny Grand Cru La Vougeraie

100% whole bunch. A fine and attractive lighter purple. The bouquet suggests all the class of this heavenly vineyard, without being one of the denser examples. More about the nuances than the intensity, but even so there is a velvet touch to the pure red fruit on the palate. There are enough tannins to provide structure for the future, and an exceptional finish, where the fruits come crowding back including cherries, alpine strawberries and a little orange zest. Significantly the longest finish.

The 2022 Musigny Grand Cru comes from their 0.21-hectare parcel; as usual, it is 100% whole bunches. It has a very elegant bouquet, the stems already incorporated into the dark berry fruit, touches of forest floor and morels. Beautifully-defined. The palate is medium-bodied, fresh and sapid, with finely sculpted tannins. It's quite tender yet very long on the finish. This is a classy Musigny, not best in show, but a seriously fine expression of the vineyard. Two barrels this year.

This wine is consistently among the best from this domaine, and 2022 is no exception. Boisset owns 0.21 hectares in three small parcels: one at the top of the slope at the northern extremity, near Chambolle Les Argillières; another down-slope from the Roumier parcel, and a third running the length of the vineyard between de Vogüé and Mugnier. This year, the wine was fermented entirely as whole clusters, punched down sparingly by foot to deliver a wine of concentration and grace, with complexity from the ripe black cherry fruit, mineral notes, and a savoury edge. This superb wine will age for decades to come.