Chambolle Musigny, Les Cras, 1er Cru, 2023
A Chambolle of great length, focus and energy. Racy, crisp fruit with a solidity to the mid palate. This has some crunch to it and a herbal note alongside the refreshing red cherry fruit. Finishing on mineral, textured notes of crushed stones and salt. Along with Veroilles and Fuées, Cras is one of the higher Chambolle vineyards and has very poor, stony soils that producers, racy, reserved wines that blossom with age. Fermented with 55% whole bunches.
critic reviews
The 2023 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Cras wafts from the glass with a rich bouquet of wild berries, violets, exotic spices and baking chocolate. Medium to full-bodied, suave and layered, it's ripe but balanced, with sweet structuring tannins and a mineral finish.
The 2023 Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras 1er Cru has a mineral-laden bouquet that suffuses its effervescent black fruit. There is plenty of energy here. The palate is very harmonious on the entry, a little crunchy in texture and more saline than the Les Combottes with a long, slightly peppery finish courtesy of the 70% whole bunch. Excellent.