2015 Musigny Grand Cru La Vougeraie

Grain fin avec la densité d'un terroir où la puissance se confond avec l'élegance. Énergique et volumineux. Grandiose.

The quantities are tiny of this superb Musigny from two parcels totalling 0.21 hectares, but it really is worth tracking a few bottles down, even at these prices. Smooth, elegant and refined, with chalky precision driving the wine, this is so delicious that you almost want to drink it now. Such balance, such pleasure, such beauty. 2020-28.

Here too the nose is reduced and quite toasty and all that can be discerned are background floral hints. Otherwise there is excellent size, weight and punch to the more obviously mineral-driven flavors that possess notably better precision and a much, much finer mouth feel thanks to the super-fine grained tannins while delivering even better depth and length on the impeccably well-balanced finale. I very much like the sense of Zen-like harmony here and this should effortlessly age for decades. This too is a "buy and forget you own it" wine.

Tasted blind, the 2015 Musigny Grand Cru bursts from the glass with an extravagantly perfumed bouquet of violets, raspberries, rose petals, candied ginger and spicy new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and satiny, with an exquisitely elegant, seductive and layered profile, underpinned by succulent acids and concluding with a long and fragrant finish. Vougeraie's style was immediately apparent, but it finds its perfect foil in Musginy. 2020 - 2040

The 2015 Musigny Grand Les Cru has gorgeous red berry fruit on a complex, engaging nose laced with sous- bois/tertiary scents and just a hint of burnt toast or charcoal with time. The palate is medium-bodied with sublime tannic structure, completely harmonious and symmetrical, fanning out almost nonchalantly toward the finish with wondrous red berry fruit and minerals. Stunning. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting. 2025 - 2055.