Chambolle Musigny, Vielles Vignes, 2014
A striking wine, extraordinary quality for the Villages levels. Such intensity, yet super refined, crushed red berry fruits, refreshing notes of red cherry and cherry stone, with an earthy, mineral complexity. Stunning. From a wonderful villages parcel of 100-year-old vines, situated near the Bussiere of Morey and, from 2014 onwards, the blend also includes Perrot-Minot's famed Combe d'Orveau cuvee.
critic reviews
(the same blend of elements as the 2015 version): Bright, dark red. Cool scents of dark cherry, licorice and stone. Silky and nicely concentrated but showing little easy sweetness to its youthfully medicinal flavors of cherry and menthol. As there's less mid-palate flesh here than in the '15 version, the tannins come across as a bit tight today but the classically dry finish is tactile and persistent. Christophe Perrot-Minot says this wine is closed in the early going owing to its sizable Combe d'Orveau component.