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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.6 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 27 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by WoodieBayArea on 12/18/2020 & rated 92 points: on pnp it felt closed and or faded, it opened up reasonably well over a 3 hour decant... typical '96 with the acidity in the front, and the fruit in the back... very elegant and only med minus bodied... red fruit... very nice but if you like any "bold" / "big" in your pinot this is not the burg for you... probably will hold at this level for a long time, but I don't think improve (2381 views) | | | Tasted by aquacongas on 8/24/2019 & rated 93 points: blind
fresh, round, balanced, red berries with some violet and licorice. Refreshing acidity. I guessed younger as 2002. 93 (2278 views) | | | Tasted by Binkey on 3/24/2019 & rated 91 points: The color is not the typical of a burgundy,it is darker and more clear.the nose is strong with matured red fruits aromas .it has medium to high acidity with nice aftertaste.Drink now do not wait any longer. (2051 views) | | | Tasted by CamWheeler on 6/15/2017 & rated 92 points: Farewell for now: Licorice, cherry, talc, cranberry, roses and violets on the nose - quite deep and perfumed aromas. Rather primary on the palate still, there is a clear and bright red fruit character throughout, along with good texture and depth. Really lovely wine, developing very slowly. (3492 views) | | | Tasted by sooper65 on 4/27/2017 & rated 92 points: mature, quite funky, nice sweetness, and still in check.
but for sure showing [nice] age. (2897 views) | | | Tasted by _water.into.wine_ on 9/28/2016 & rated 93 points: Drank alongside a drc 85. Obviously at an unfair advantage, but still a wonderful wine. A slightly deeper and darker red at the end of the pinot noir spectrum. Lovely freshness and intensity. (1892 views) | | | Tasted by Sleepy Dave on 5/23/2016: Village? Think twice.
Utterly seductive aromatic profile that only top Chambolle can offer: blue & red floral scents, forest floor, sweet ripe fruits with intense acidity core. Even better on the palate, boosting with umami complexity, excellent fruits that in a total harmony with the acidity, almost fully integrated tannin and subtle minerality and tea like dryness. While this has no prob to last longer, I prefer this stage with touch of tannin grip for better mouthfeel. (1186 views) | | | Tasted by johnh1001 on 2/28/2015 & rated 92 points: very fresh red, blue and dark fruit. Some earth and musty notes but very youthful and forward. (3331 views) | | | Tasted by Alex H on 12/5/2013 & rated 88 points: Unbelievably fresh as though a recent vintage. This wine is tight structured and just a monolithic strongman of grippy cherries. Focused and dense at the moment. A firm wine which would probably have potential to develop some secondary notes maybe in 5 years time? (4156 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 11/30/2013 & rated 91 points: The Premox Taste Test - High Risk White Burgundies and More (Mood Indigo, Jalan Kilang Barat, Singapore): You get what you pay for I guess. A criminally overpriced village given what it commands on the market these days, but this certainly punched above its weight class. It had a beautiful nose, very lush and attractive, with flowers and tea leaves and wild berries and cherry aromas on a bed of damp earth - everything you would imagine a good Chambolle to smell like with a bit of dirty thrown in. I thought the palate was quite lovely for a village too. Not the most complex of wines, but it was very attractive. There was a solid weight behind juicy flavours of cherries and berries, all wreathed in a beautiful floral perfume too. Some 1996s are still quite strident in their stern acidity, but this was really nicely integrated, with an energy and freshness that really suited the wine, especially as it leapt into a lovely, energetic finish, with tangy berries and more of that floral perfume. While still quite grippy, the tannins had a good shape to them, so that the wine always came across as elegant and poised. Good stuff, and it is still quite primary too - it will get even better in the coming years I think. (5526 views) | | | Tasted by jkoenen on 7/26/2013 & rated 93 points: One grape - two expressions @ my place (Netherlands): Whoa... what's this? Intriguing bouquet of roasted nuts, sultanas, caramel, cinnamon, tobacco, flint, fireplace and rosehips. An intellectual wine, if that exists. While I let the wine sit in the glass, wonderful complexity opens up, revealing baking spices, strawberries and damp earth. Lots of finesse and very comfortabel. Loved it! 18-18.5/20 (4093 views) | | | Tasted by BradE on 10/25/2012: Opened with a bit of promise, but trailed off immediately. Off bottle. (4113 views) | | | Tasted by sooper65 on 8/20/2012 & rated 94 points: Stonking - and showing at its very best. (3217 views) | | | Tasted by sooper65 on 12/22/2011 & rated 95 points: On the money....quite delicious.... near PERFECT Red Burgundy... (2849 views) | | | Tasted by VHJV on 9/23/2011 & rated 90 points: A Burgundy night at Helsinki (Classic Wine Cellars, Helsinki, Finland): A lovely nose of damp earth. In the mouth this is quite acidic, but with sufficient ripeness. Shows pretty terroir elements. I clearly preferred this to the 1998 it was drank together with, as this was much more transparent and elegant. This is also not yet fully mature and might still improve for a few years. An outstanding Village wine. (3183 views) | | | Tasted by sooper65 on 8/28/2011 & rated 93 points: Muggers with DMW... GROUSE: this Chambolle a perfect match. Soft, but with that classic sturdy 1996 acidity keeping the wine very youthful. Me thinks many drinkers have simply attacked this too young. This is a very excellent vibrant bottle showing sweet ripe FIRM red fruits (of the forrest), with really very good accompanying acidity, and a lovely pure svelt finish.Tip top. Glad i have 4 bottles left. (2569 views) | | | Tasted by sooper65 on 12/24/2010 & rated 92 points: xmas eve, MJMW @ Church Farm: v tasty, spot on (2471 views) | | | Tasted by sooper65 on 12/18/2010 & rated 92 points: absurd to think the drinking window on this is past - soft, elegant, sweet and oh so feminine. Light style (all others preferred the 93 Angelus) plenty of fruit, and very alive - lovely bottle. (2477 views) | | | Tasted by AJ72 on 8/18/2010 & rated 88 points: There is a decent lashing of oak but a nice sweet/sour savoury aroma and flavour profile. Quite a charming nose really and the palate matches this. Still holding up well no signs of fading. (2813 views) | | | Tasted by bkizzle on 8/11/2010: 96 Burgundies (Voge, Confuron, Rouget) at Troquet (Troquet (Boston, MA)): Dark eye, with some bricking around it. Nose has immediate barnyard. Aciditiy of 96 Burgs was immediately apparent and almost distracting. While there was some reasonable fruit on the palate, not sure it's going to hold up in time for acidity to settle (3058 views) | | | Tasted by danstrings on 6/21/2008 flawed bottle: Dinner at Rob's with Stephanie and gang -- Arghhhhhhhhhhh! CORKED! At first we hoped it was just some "funk" but it got worse and worse in the glass, and when compared to another Vogue Chambolle, it was obviously corked. There was some deep earthy fruit beneath, but the corky bleach/wet cardboard thing just kept magnifying. Sad. (3025 views) | | | Tasted by NotNYC on 1/19/2008 & rated 88 points: Closed until the 60 minute mark. Then gave some funk on the nose but still shy. Earthy with very quiet fruit. Finish was smooth but not quite exceptional. Outstanding with Blvd's sweetbreads, bacon and slow poached egg. (3295 views) | | | Tasted by DAN BAILEY on 7/23/2005 & rated 91 points: Had given the 1er Cru to a friend and he kindly shared it with me tonight over dinner. My previous bottles had been quite tight and unyielding but this was wonderfully, soft, velvety and with lots of sweet fruit. Delicious drinking - this disappeared very quickly indeed. (4176 views) | | | Tasted by jamiekutch on 1/25/2005 & rated 92 points: Burgundy Wine Dinner: Served partialy blind, this was a nice surprise. We we told this was a 1996 de Vogue and that was all. Aromas of pomegranite, current berries and rose petals. The wine was elegant, medium bodied, and had a velvety finish. Once revealed it was a delight to taste the 2002 next to the 1996. You could smell and taste the evolution the 1996 took. (5499 views) | | | Tasted by mdefreitas on 1/22/1999 & rated 90 points: Pre Auction Wine Tasting w/ lots of Burgs (NYC): Loaded with violets on the nose. Silky and quite loaded for a village wine. (4256 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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(Domaine Comte de Vogüé Chambolle-Musigny Villages Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, March/April 1998, IWC Issue #77
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| Domaine Comte Georges de VogüéGeorges Comte de Vogue - Burgundy
Many domaines in Burgundy can trace their roots back over 100 years, but only a handful can claim more than 200 years of history. Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé can trace a line back over 550 years, to 1450 and the Chambolle vines of one Jean Moisson. Highly regarded as the greatest estate in Chambolle Musigny, today the domaine is headed by its 20th generation – Claire de Causans and Marie de Ladoucette, the granddaughters of the late Comte Georges de Vogüé.
THE DOMAINE OF COMTE DE VOGUE
The Domaine currently owns 12.43 ha of vines, all of it in Chambolle-Musigny.
The Estate:
7.2ha are in Musigny,
2.7ha in Bonnes-Mares,
0.56ha in Chambolle Amoureuses,
0.27ha in other Chambolle premiers crus, and 1.8ha in Chambolle Village
Viticulture
Eric Bourgogne practices ‘lutte raisonnée’ (reasoned battle) which is effectively intervention only as required rather than treatment as prevention. In common with most domaines in Chambolle he also practices ‘confusion sexuelle’ – he puts small brown tags of insect pheromones on the end of the rows of vines. Eric Bourgogne believes that a balance of insects is best, as treatments against one insect type will often have negative consequences for beneficial predators. Across the domaine he uses three types of pruning; Guyot, Cordon Royat and for the young vines a formation pruning.
Within Musigny, he allows the weeds and grass to grow between the rows throughout the autumn and winter, ploughing by horse from spring onwards, using no weed killer. Eric Bourgogne believes that these choices result in less-compacted soil and significantly less erosion than the domaine used to experience. The Domaine puts its own compost on the vineyards at a rate of 2 hectares per year; this translates to an addition of compost every six years.
A STUDY OF LE MUSIGNY VINEYARD
Musigny, sometimes referred to as Le Musigny, is an Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for red and white wine in Côte de Nuits of Burgundy. It is located within the commune of Chambolle-Musigny, to the south of the village itself. It borders on the Grand Cru Clos de Vougeot in the southeast, to Échezeaux in the south, and to the Premier Cru Les Amoureuses in the northeast. The name is derived from a family de Musigny, which is now extinct, but which held offices in the court of the Dukes of Burgundy from the 14th century. The AOC was created in 1936, but the borders of Musigny were previously set down legally in 1929.
Musigny is the only Grand Cru vineyard in Côte de Nuits for white wine as well as red, although the production of red wine dominates by over 90%. All the other Burgundy Grand Crus for white wine are located in Côte de Beaune.
Even though the vineyard of Musigny has been famous for centuries, its history of ownership is not well understood. The earliest record of the village of Chambolle is traced back to 1110 and by 1140, the Cistercians owned the vineyard of Musigny; or at least it is believed they did. The confusion rests because up until the French Revolution there was also a subclimat within the Clos de Vougeot called Les Petits Musigny. Mysteries of the dark ages aside, what is certain is that in 1882, the village of Chambolle appended Musigny to its name.
In 1855 there were two parcels of Musigny, which together comprised 10.05 ha: Les Musigny and Les Petits-Musigny. Most people believe that these are only two subclimates of Musigny, but this is not so. In 1929, suit was brought before the courts to extend the right to the name Musigny to a 0.61 ha parcel of the adjoining premier cru La Combe d’Orveau. Ultimately, this request was granted and in 1936, all three climats were combined to create a single A.O.C. under the name Musigny.
Then, in 1989, the right to the name Musigny was extended yet again to a few rows of vines, which increased the surface area to the present size of 10.70 ha.
The entirety of 4.2 ha of Les Petits Musigny is a monopole of the Domaine Comte de Vogue and Domaine Jacques Prieur owns the entire La Combe d’Orveau subclimat (0.61 ha). Ownership of Musigny is quite concentrated with a mere four domaines owning fully 90% of it, and with the lion’s share of that owned by de Vogue. The total number of domaines with ownership is only ten.
Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé is by far the largest owner of Grand Cru Musigny, i.e. 66,5 % of the entire vineyard, with a total of 7.12 ha, including all of Les Petits Musigny (4,2 ha - a monopole) and 2,92 ha of Le Musigny.
The vineyard lies on several north-south faults which separate different geologies: Oolite limestone at the top and Comblanchien limestone further down.
To ensure the best possible quality and emphasize its non compromise policy, the Domaine commercializes the Musigny solely under the label “Vieilles Vignes”, i.e. from selected vines exclusively between 25 years of age and approximately 60 years of age.
Pinot Noir Varietal character (Appellation America) | Varietal article (Wikipedia)
Pinot Noir is the Noble red grape of Burgundy, capable of ripening in a cooler climate, which Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot will not reliably do. It is unpredictable and difficult both to grow and to vinify, but results in some of the finest reds in the world. It is believed to have been selected from wild vines two thousand years ago. It is also used in the production of champagne. In fact, more Pinot Noir goes into Champagne than is used in all of the Cote d'Or! It is also grown in Alsace, Jura, Germany, the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Romania, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, and so forth, with varying degrees of success.
Pinot Noir is one of the world's most prestigious grapes. It is very difficult to grow and thrives well in France, especially in Champagne and Burgundy. Pinot Noir thrives less in hot areas, is picky on soil, and deserves some oak storage.
Pinot Noir, or Blauburgunder / Spätburgunder in German, is a blue grapevine - and, as the German name suggests, the grape comes originally from Burgundy in France.
The grape, which thrives in calcareous soils, is used primarily for the production of red wine, and it is widely regarded as producing some of the best wines in the world. The wine style is often medium-bodied with high fruit acidity and soft tannins. It can be quite peculiar in fragrance and taste, and not least in structure - which may be why it is referred to as "The Grapes Ballerina".
Pinot Noir is also an important ingredient in sparkling wines, not least in champagne since it is fruity, has good acidity and contains relatively little tannins.
The grape is considered quite demanding to grow. The class itself consists of tightly packed grapes, which makes it more sensitive to rot and other diseases.
Pinot Noir changes quite easily and is genetically unstable. It buds and matures early which results in it often being well ripened. Climate is important for this type of grape. It likes best in cool climates - in warm climates the wines can be relaxed and slightly pickled.
In cooler climates, the wine can get a hint of cabbage and wet leaves, while in slightly warmer regions we often find notes of red berries (cherries, strawberries, raspberries, currants), roses and slightly green notes when the wine is young. With age, more complex aromas of forest floor, fungi and meat emerge.
In Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary, it often produces light wines with less character. However, it has produced very good results in California, Oregon and New Zealand.
With its soft tannins and delicate aroma, it is excellent for white fish, chicken and light meat. For the stored wines you can serve small game. Classic duck breast is a matter of course, a Boeuf Burgundy and Pinot Noir are pure happiness.
Pinot Noir loses quality by over-harvesting.
Pinot Noir is prone to diseases, especially rot and mildew. Viruses cause major problems especially in Burgundy.
Pinot Noir are large round grapes with thin skins. Relatively high in alcohol content. Medium rich tannins and good with acid.
As a young person, Pinot Noir has a distinctly fruity character such as raspberries, cherries and strawberries.
A mature Pinot Noir, the taste is different. Cherry goes into plum and prune flavors. It smells of rotten leaves, coffee, moist forest floor and animal wine. This must be experienced.
In warm climates you find boiled plum, some rustic, little acid.
If the grapes are over-grown, the wine will be thin, with little color and flavor.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Côte de Nuits on weinlagen.infoChambolle-MusignyChambolle-Musigny is one of the smallest appellations of the Côte de Nuits, although given the tiny, fragmented nature of Burgundy vineyards, it manages to fit two exceptional Grand Crus (Bonnes Mares and Le Musigny) and a couple of dozen Premieres Crus. These wines are known for delicacy and tend to be light in body, but concentrated and with fragrant bouquets. The critic Robert M. Parker Jr. quotes French poet Gaston Roupnel as likening the region's wines to "silk and lace." |
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