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• LFCHALA Likes this wine: 95 points

  August 11, 2016 - Ethereal is the best word to define Musigny.

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• slywka7 Likes this wine: 94 points

  October 1, 2014 - Bordeaux, Aged Cali Cabs and Burgundy with the Benchmark Wine Group in Port Chester (Il Sogno, Port Chester, NY): This was right behind the Roty in my book although some commented they liked this more. This was a slightly different wine so I can see how someone would prefer the one over the other. This had less fruit and more mature notes of mushroom and earth. Fully mature I think where the Roty could go even longer. Very expressive wine showing what good Burg is all about.

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• Paul S wrote: 93 points

  January 8, 2014 - 1997 Burgundy Grand Cru Dinner (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): What started out very sweet and rather stalky ended up growing into a very good wine over the course of the evening. I particularly liked the nose on this. It was just a touch awkward at first, showing very sweet red fruit tones and a clear streak of green stems. Served blind, the stemminess on the nose and the rather overweight glass bottle made us think this may have been a DRC. However, with time, it all toned down and came together into a lush, pretty bouquet of bluberries and cherries, still sweet, but nicely shaded with a bit of sous bois and meat, some spice, and a stalky, fresh flower tone. The palate suffered the same strengths and deficiencies as the nose. There was always something rather sweet about it, and it was perhaps a bit too obvious in its power and richness, coming across rather over-the-top for a Musigny. However, with time, this too toned down a little to show a nice purity beneath its deep blueberry and cherry flavours. In fact, there was something quite effortless in the way the power was carried, so that the wine even took on a semblance of elegance as it would its way into a more complex midpalate of herbs and fresh-cut flowers, and then into a long finish, where the sweet fruit was kissed by notes of spice and a lift of bright acidity. There was still a good sense of structure at the back-end as well. Not my favourite style of Burgundy with all its sweetness and power, but there is a very complete quality to the wine. Give it another 6-8 years too mellow even more and put on some complexity and I think this will be very good.

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• burgcamel wrote: 93 points

  July 8, 2011 - Enticing nose of spice, earth and burnt cherries. I like this wine much more than expected and it's drinking perfectly now.

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• psmith wrote:

  March 19, 2011 - Red, high pitched, beautiful nose. Refined, earthy, and while shows some alcohol wonderfully delicate for the vintage. Very nice.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1997
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Jacques Prieur
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Nuits
• Appellation Musigny Grand Cru

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• In Cellars 25 (28%)
• Consumed 64 (72%)

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