Chambolle-Musigny, Gruenchers, 1er Cru, 2023
Radiant and light-touch. Brilliant and gentle, soft red cherry fruit, a hint of redcurrant, and a smooth, rounded stone note. Not the most complex or concentrated but delivers pure pleasure. All of the elegance, precision and vibrancy you could hope for in a Chambolle. A vineyard with relatively poor soils, situated just below Fuées. The vines are now 60 years old. Ghislaine was fortunate enough to buy this vineyard from Pousse d'Or in 2009.
critic reviews
The 2023 Chambolle-Musigny Les Gruenchers 1er Cru has a little reduction on the nose, yet one can still detect the very finely delineated ripe strawberry and cranberry scents coiled up alongside hints of orange pith and potpourri. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins. It has a notch more in the way of ripeness and opulence, with a tad candied on the finish hinting at slightly later-picked fruit, though it retains control on the peppery finish that falls away a little quicker than Barthod's other cuvées.