2018 Chambolle-Musigny La Vougeraie

From 7 plots, including 1ers crus Gruenchers and Baudes, all picked and vinified together. The colour is fresh and lively, the bouquet heavenly. Peonies, roses, little red fruits, come back and smell them again. This treads with light feet and persists very well. Tasted: November 2019 .

Seven parcels, two of which are in the Premiers Crus Les Baudes and Les Gruenchers, make up the blend of this assertively spicy, 40% whole bunch-fermented village Chambolle, which regularly out-performs its appellation. Textured, aromatic and finely balanced, with 20% new wood embellishing the sweet juicy raspberry and red cherry fruit. Drinking Window 2023 - 2028 .

Including declassified fruit from premiers crus Les Baudes and Les Gruenchers, the 2018 Chambolle-Musigny Village offers up a lovely bouquet of raspberries, cherries, orange rind and sweet soil tones. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, lively and supple, revealing a fragrant core of fruit and powdery structuring tannins.

The 2018 Chambolle-Musigny Villages comes from seven different parcels, including two Premier Crus, Les Gruenchers and Les Baudes. It has an attractive, floral bouquet of pressed rose petals infusing the red berry fruit, quite mineral-driven and impressively precise. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, the 40% whole-bunch fruit nicely integrated. A very pretty Chambolle-Musigny with a refined finish. Excellent.