Chambolle Musigny, Les Sentiers, 1er Cru, 2023

A favourite vineyard of Nicolas’, Sentiers always takes a little more time to reveal itself, but it is invariably worth the wait. As you’d expect from the richer soils, there’s more fruit density here, but also a counteracting salty sweet ping to the fruit, a very bright yet deep and meaningful fruit profile seamlessly interwoven with firm ripe tannins. Hugely stylish, with a certain sashay to it that suggests great things to come. A parcel of 80-year-old vines situated below Bonnes-Mares planted on iron-rich clay soils giving full, structured wines, not dissimilar to Bonnes-Mares in style.