1999 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Chambolle-Musigny

Community Tasting Notes (23) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  4/6/2024 - Rote Kappelle Likes this wine: 93 Points

  As I reflect on the latest news, to the effect that even owning a bottle of wine is a sign of moral turpitude that will consign you to Hell and that passing within 10 meters of an open bottle is the equivalent of smoking at least 40,000 cigarettes an hour 24 hours a day for 100 years and will condemn you to cancer of the everything, I find this bottle a very compelling case for the benefits of an early end vs a long, miserable life.
  
  This is a village wine and yet it has happily passed its 25th year in fine fettle. This is a tribute, of course, to a very good vintage, the Domaine owning very good vineyards and being very careful in their viticulture and oenology. That this has years ahead still is shown by the fact that on day 2 it really hits its straps, being far better than on day 1 and I was dashed happy with it on day 1.
  
  My corks pulls like a randy 13 year old, although somewhat more cleanly. No signs of leakiness or other crimes against wine. The colour is a startlingly youthful ruby with some garnet hues. No 24 year old wine should look this young.
  
  On day 1 this was tasty strawberry and some notes of darker fruits, with a little cinnamon and undergrowth. Really good stuff. Length and intensity way above village level expectations. One slight issue I had was that the finish was a little dry and firm, albeit the tannins were very fine. Still, the balance with the fruit was not perfect.
  
  On day 2, the fruit has blossomed into a dark red rose; glorious to look at, better to smell and (unlike the rose) even better to drink. Lustrous dark jube fruit that swells in the mouth but dances across the palate. This is the combination that I think Pinot Noir tragics go for and I can see it. There is still a touch of undergrowth and something slightly cedary, but the wine is glorious. The tannins remain but now they provide the support, keeping the finish from getting baggy.
  
  The thing with the count's wines are that his family have been prancing about Chambolle-Musigny for around 600 years (my God, I hate these parvenu, 'Johnny come lately' families), they have a large foothold in what was not so long ago regarded as far and away the best part of Burgundy and, after a naughty time in the 70's and 80's, they put a lot of work into their vineyards, selection at harvest and understanding the vintage before deciding how to approach things like oak treatment, approach to ferment etc. When you combine a vast amount of local knowledge with a commitment to quality and really good source material you have a recipe for even your base level wines being really good indeed.
  
  So, here's to hell, or any place full of people who like a good time and don't believe in the divine, unless it be wine.

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  12/26/2022 - Member 592 Likes this wine:

  Zuerst recht verschlossen, später öffnet er sich und bereitet Freude. Schöne Textur, substanzvoll. Hervorragende Qualität. Einer der besten Burgunder, die ich je getrunken habe.

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  9/16/2021 - drjb Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This wine opened with a dusky red crimson coloured and initially closed nose. An hour later the nose was a melange of red fruits with touches of sous bois and spice. The palate is quite intense and weighty reflecting the fruit characters on the nose with red berry fruits predominant leading into some nice minerality and savoury characters. The length was 1er Cru in character and provides a lovely persistence.
  If you open a bottle of this I would advise a couple of hours at least of slow oxygenation.

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  2/23/2020 - Eudemis Likes this wine:

  13% alcohol. Good dense cork with barely 2mm of wine penetration. Fairly deep colour for pinot, with some fading at the rim.
  Very classy full nose with semi-dried berries, just the right side of raisiny. The mouth shows sweet red berries (not in the sense of residual sugar) and good acidity in the finish. However, the best thing is the excellent mouthfeel combined with good grip (not a frequent association).
  This wine is easily of first growth standard; I seem to remember that it does actually incorporates a sizeable chunk of first growth juice, probably from young vines.
  In excellent condition and just about ready to drink, but seems to have plenty of life ahead (in fact it is still a bit tight).
  Pretty expensive when I acquired it some eighteen years ago, and totally out of reach now; no problem, just move to red Sancerre.

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  10/6/2019 - kevin h wrote: 91 Points

  Final bottle. Now properly mature, sous bois, compost and earthy beetroot nose. Some amber. Mellow and autumnal, vegetal, vestige of fruit, earthy flavour. Nice mature burgundy, village quality. But in truth I liked this best when in the fullness of youth for its fruit.

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