Chambolle Musigny, Les Hauts Doix, 1er Cru, 2019

Initially a little closed aromatically, but opens up with genteel and high-toned flavours on the palate. Ethereal notes of red cherries and minerals. Lithe and slender but with great complexity. A wine of distinct identity but not a caricature - impeccably balanced. Bright cherry flavours provide the high notes, a cooling stony quality gives an assuredness, composure and complexity to the mid palate, whilst the finish is elongated by rich floral, echoing kirsch fruit. Elegant and sensual, mineral but with a touch of sunshine. The most beautiful marriage of vintage and terroir. A delight. A little known but wonderful parcel of 70-year-old vines within Amoureuses that faces slightly to the north. Fermented with 50% whole bunches and aged in a maximum of 20% new oak.