5/9/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Bought on release in 2007. Screw top. No ullage.

Profound, complete Chenin Blanc flavors, just shy of decadent; lively, dances on palate, superb depth and length. In an evening of some incredible red Burgundies, this was the wine of the night. Well stored bottles of this wine should last for decades.

5/7/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Tasted blind at monthly Winos tasting. Sound cork, had been purchased on release. [Supposed to be an all premier cru tasting, but well...].

Rich, complex, red and black fruit, lively, fresh earth and cherries. Granular attractive tannins, needs another 10-15 years, a mighty wine, I guessed accidental Grand Cru given its completeness. As others have said, despite being "too young" to drink, could be hard to keep your hands off this!!

Received 1 of 6 first place, and 2 of 6 second place votes in flight with 2011 Felettig Chambolle-Musigny Combottes (94 from me); 2002 Fred Magnien Chambolle-Musigny les Charmes (95+); 2016 Le Moine Chambolle-Musigny Les Haut Doix (93); and 2005 D. Laurent Clos de la Roche (94). The three Chambolles were wonderful. Wines were quite different but pretty much at the same level from a points awarded by me perspective. I voted for current pleasure in drinking and not future potential. By votes it was the Magnien, then a tie for the Felettig and the Laurent, and the le Moine last. All of these wines will cellar well for at least another decade and both the 2016 le Moine and the mighty 2005 Laurent Clos de la Roche need another 10-15 years.

5/9/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Tasted blind with monthly Winos group. Was one of my bottles so opened and decanted it 3 hours before we tried it. Sound cork, perfect fill.

Woof. More austere than the other wines right now. Torrefaction, Inky, very long, superb structure and tannins, but no where ready to drink. Was more open the next day despite the long decant.

Received 0 of 6 first place, and 2 of 6 second place votes in flight with 2011 Felettig Chambolle-Musigny Combottes (94 from me); 2002 Fred Magnien Chambolle-Musigny les Charmes (95+); 2016 Le Moine Chambolle-Musigny Les Haut Doix (93); and 2005 D. Laurent Clos de la Roche (94, was supposed to be all premier crus, but…). The three Chambolles were wonderful. Wines were quite different but pretty much at the same level from a points awarded by me perspective. I voted for current pleasure in drinking and not future potential. By votes it was the Magnien, then a tie for the Felettig and the Laurent, and the le Moine last. All of these wines will cellar well for at least another decade and both the 2016 le Moine and the mighty 2005 Laurent Clos de la Roche need another 10-15 years.

5/7/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Tasted blind with monthly Winos group, North Berkley bottling. Sound cork, no ullage.

Rich, complex, huge. Black fruits, blueberry ripeness, spectacular fruit. Forever on palate. My wine of the night for the reds we tried. Refutes the reputation F Magnien had for lightweight or soon-to-drink wines. If you see this in the secondary market and the bottle looks good, buy it.

Received 4 of 6 first place, and 0 of 6 second place votes in flight with 2011 Felettig Chambolle-Musigny Combottes (94 from me); 2002 Fred Magnien Chambolle-Musigny les Charmes (95+); 2016 Le Moine Chambolle-Musigny Les Haut Doix (93); and 2005 D. Laurent Clos de la Roche (94, was supposed to be all premier crus, but…). The three Chambolles were wonderful. Wines were quite different but pretty much at the same level from a points awarded by me perspective. I voted for current pleasure in drinking and not future potential. By votes it was the Magnien, then a tie for the Felettig and the Laurent, and the le Moine last. All of these wines will cellar well for at least another decade and the 2016 le Moine and the mighty 2005 Laurent Clos de la Roche need another 10-15 years.

5/7/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Tasted blind with monthly Winos group. TS believes this bottle was a gift to him from JH, The Nicest Guy in the World and Burgundy expert.

Full, black and red fruits, totally awesome, unbelievable palate. For serious drinkers as it is not a "blow you away" wine but one to sip and sniff over time. Gorgeous nose, complex, still young. No one could believe this was a 2011. Another Wow Felettig wine. Stunning.

Received 1 of 6 first place, and 2 of 6 second place votes in flight with 2011 Felettig Chambolle-Musigny Combottes (94 from me); 2002 Fred Magnien Chambolle-Musigny Charmes (95+); 2016 Le Moine Chambolle-Musigny Les Haut Doix (93); and 2005 D. Laurent Clos de la Roche (94, was supposed to be all premier crus, but…). The three Chambolles were wonderful. Wines were quite different but pretty much at the same level from a points awarded by me perspective. I voted for current pleasure in drinking and not future potential. By votes it was the Magnien, then a tie for the Felettig and the Laurent, and the le Moine last. All of these wines will cellar well for at least another decade and both the 2016 le Moine and the mighty 2005 Laurent Clos de la Roche need another 10-15 years.

5/7/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Tasted with monthly Winos group, blind. Perfect fill and sound cork. Big, huge, not remotely ready to drink. Young, lovely red fruits, layers and layers. Ripe, recent vintage, maybe best wine of the flight in the long run. Got 91 from me for current drinking but this could be a 93-94 point wine in the future. After being revealed: a 2015 fit the profile, and in retrospect this wine would have benefitted from a 3 hour decant. Held up beautifully overnight and a glass the next day was better. Not currently a lacy, delicate, aromatics over fruit style of Volnay! This will be excellent.

Received 3 of 6 first place votes in flight with 1997 Maurice Ecard SLB Narbatons, 2010 Jadot Beaune Ursules, 1998 Gouges NSG Vaucrains, and 2015 Le Moine Volnay Clos des Chenes. Wines were quite different but pretty much at the same level from a points awarded by me perspective. I voted for current pleasure in drinking and not future potential. The 1997 Ecard and the 2015 Le Moine both got 3 first place votes, and the Ecard 1 second place vote to just edge the Clos des Chenes.

5/9/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Tasted blind at monthly Winos tasting. Purchased on release, 1 of 3 left, no ullage, sound cork. Big, rich wine, not yet ready! Of the wines in this flight, most intense, most tannins, not yet resolved. Mossy. Grand Cru completeness if not GC pleasure or depth of fruit. Dark dark cherries, earthy, fruit is a big sauvage, and then lots of tannins. Man, those big 1998 tannins and the wine-making style of Gouges ... could use another 10 years.

Received 2 of 6 second place votes in flight with 1997 Maurice Ecard SLB Narbatons, 2010 Jadot Beaune Ursules, 1998 Gouges NSG Vaucrains, and 2015 Le Moine Volnay Clos des Chenes. Wines were quite different but pretty much at the same level from a points awarded by me. I voted for current pleasure in drinking and not future potential. The 1997 Ecard and the 2015 Le Moine both got 3 first place votes, and the Ecard 1 second place vote to just edge the Clos des Chenes.

5/7/2024 - Musigny1955 wrote:

Tasted blind at monthly Winos tasting. Tastes fairly resolved, rather complete wine, deepest palate of this flight, but not as aromatic as the others. Not super complex but as LS said, "just drink it and be happy!" Very typical Beaune fruit profile.

Received 3 of 6 second place votes (including mine) in flight with 1997 Maurice Ecard SLB Narbatons, 2010 Jadot Beaune Ursules, 1998 Gouges NSG Vaucrains, and 2015 Le Moine Volnay Clos des Chenes. Wines were quite different but pretty much at the same level from a points awarded by me. I voted for current pleasure in drinking and not future potential.

5/9/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Tasted with monthly Winos group, blind. Older, touch brown, delicious - guessed was a 1997 or 1990 or older. Not complex but resolved & excellent. Still fresh on the palate. I drank a lot of this wine when it was more available in MA and sorry not to have any now.

I voted for current pleasure in drinking and not future potential. Received 3 of 6 first place votes in flight with 2010 Jadot Ursules, 1998 Gouges Vaucrains, and 2015 Le Moine Volnay Clos des Chenes. Wines were quite different but pretty much at the same level.

5/7/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Purchased on release, sound cork, no ullage, tasted with monthly Winos. Complex, dark fruits (cherries), savory, minerals, quite long. Each bottle from this case has just shown a touch better than the prior ones sampled. My spouse's take: "This is a wine for adults."

5/5/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

{One of 3 botles purchased in the last year. Advised by retailer to decant despite being a 2017}. To start: GREAT nose to start, dark brooding rich fruit, initial palate somewhat reserved, bitter cherries, medium-to-full presence, stones, Gevry earthiness. Others have noted 'grainy tannins' which are there. 40 minutes in: Great nose, fantastic palate attack. 75 minutes and 2 hours later: tannins less prominent, super fruit more forward, my notes read "outrageously good" and "gorgeous fruit, mouth feel, and length" and "fantastic palate. Complete, filling, rich, long."

I guess I liked this wine. 94 with upside potential after 2+ hours of air.

5/4/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

(1st of 6, perfect fills). Golly this is good! Bordering on rich, full, complex, flat out delicious, long, ... Lots of lemon oil and phenolics. Another example of why you should seek to buy the Bourgogne from top-tier producers. Captivating. Superb for a Bourgogne.

4/30/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

[Bought in Beaune last week, but due to Paris traffic, colleagues could not find time to try there, so opened in Boston. :-)]

Very pretty nose, easily the same set of aromatics and tastes in mouth, comes across as a wine from sites with elegance and attractiveness, similar to Felettig's NSG. Quietly gorgeous at a villages level. You could drink this all night long, like an analog of the best session beer you ever had. Sophisticated, layered, long .. and a wine that just keeps delivering. Wish I had mags. Woof.

Codicil, half glass next afternoon. Lovely fruit, held up nicely. Delightful!

4/21/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

2 bottles consumed at dinner for 9 Chevaliers at Chez Monsier, in Paris. Delicious, round, rather rich, excellent food wine with an acid lift at the end keeping it lively. Notes on other years says grown on a limestone patch and that the producer suggests drinking at about 6 years, but these bottles showed no signs of decline, probably at peak. A gourmand wine for food and conversation. Tasty. 88-89.

4/21/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Magnum recently bought by ND, shared at dinner for 9 Chevaliers in Paris. Super classy cassis nose, really superb, acid overtaking the fruit but "pretty darn good. Currants, tobacco, new belt leather. lasts forever on palate, very Left bank. What a treat!

4/21/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

3 bottles purchased by ND recently, shared with fellow Chevaliers at a dinner for 9 in Paris. 1st bottle cork fell into the wine, not shown by ND, NR. 2nd bottle brown, full of sediment, tertiary brown sugar aromatics but not on palate. Gentle, long some good depth (and very good with my onion soup). Controversial and clearly in decline, but sound. 3rd bottle, pale rose color, had a fabulous redfruit nose with hints of strawberries but no fruit, all acid on palate. Fun to try!

4/9/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

18 bought on release, somewhere around #6 consumed. Sound cork.
Very 2020 wine with nearly over-ripe fruit - but just shy of that - as a characteristic of the vintage. By way of reference just had a 2020 Lafarge Volnay that suffers in the same way: the sophistication of the wine is mostly hidden by the ripe, yet balanced, but big fruit characteristic of the vintage. This wine with some air reveals sophistication, length, and other elements that are actually more visible with this bottle than some prior ones where the massive fruit hid the underlying structure more. Delicious. Certainly can be drunk with pleasure now but as the puppy fat fruit integrates it will have more interest for the aesthete as well as the gourmand.

4/6/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

{#1 of 13, professional storage, PopNPour} Started out a bit reticent, initially underwhelming, poured with a crabcake course followed by lamb and a Volnay. After being open x 3 hours huge, phenolic, super long, impeccable balance. Will decant next bottle. Very Cote de Nuits blanc, not Cote de Beaune blanc!

4/6/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Drunk at Aquitaine in Chestnut Hill, MA to accompany superb meal there. Sound cork, Diam 5. Rich, ripe, totally delicious wine, very 2020 with fruit dominating soil typicity. At most only hints of Volnay in nose of this slightly sexy, wonderfully judged wine. If offered this at a restaurant don't overthink it, buy it. Crowd pleasing sophisticated balance and length. With John Gilman on this wine. Hard to tell it's Volnay, but that's what you get in 2020, and it sure won the table over. 91 on pleasure-o-meter and 87 for purist "is this a Volnay"

4/4/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

bought on release, sound cork. As noted by some reviewers, reticent nose and then pretty big palate impression and very good length. Classy St Aubin fruit, did well over the evening. Lots of citrus and orchard fruits as pointed out by others.

4/1/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

One of two bought on release. Good village wine, authentic flavor set, good length, and better mid-way between room and refrigerator temp. Very nice mid-palate. Ready to drink now. I will drink my other bottle sometime this year and start sampling my 2017 Joseph Colin premier cru St Aubins now too.

3/30/2024 - Musigny1955 wrote:

Purchased on release in fulls and halves, 750 bottle #6 of 12. No ullage, cork crumbled a bit. Forgot to decant before serving, yet still had super length, complexity, nose, forever finish. Rich yet drier Dow style works very well. This wine has been firing on all cylinders for the last half-decade, halves may be showing a bit more maturity than fulls. Not a drop left after the dinner party! If had decanted would probably been 96 or higher.

3/30/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

I think #9 of 12, sound cork, 1-2 mm ullage. Dinner party with rack of lamb and similar fare. Good depth, complex, length, but I think Ducster72 has this right: the primary fruit aspects are no longer present but the wine seems to be at an awkward "not quite secondary aromatics yet" stage. The gorgeous aromatics of ~ 5 years ago have become hidden again. Decanted an hour before tasting, that was not enough time. 4 hours after decanting it was still relatively tight but had not declined at all. I will let my last 3 bottles sit for a while!

3/30/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Opened for dinner party - very much a food wine, matched well to smoked salmon then crabcakes. Very little in the way of smoky brioche, instead much more a complex, good length, minerally champagne that obviously sat on the lees for a long time. No bruised apple in this wine. I think will hold my other bottles of this for a few more years to see how it matures.

3/30/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Bought on release, 1st of 12, perfect fill, cork tight and hard to remove but sound. Part of dinner party with DH, JK, KB, JL, PG. Rich, palate-enveloping nose and foretaste, with mixed stone fruits and minerals, energizing acidity and quite good length. Big, balanced 2014 fruit. When opened it tasted best with a bit of a chill, and when the last few drops drunk 3 hours later, rich and delicious at room temperature. Pundits noted a creamy texture with lots of dry extract in barrel tastings, and that rings true today. Not a shy wine!

3/26/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Purchased on release, sound bottle. Tasted in a flight with the 1996 Krug. Rich, lots of brioche, "must have been on the lees forever" was one comment. Great by itself or with food. 4 of 12 (including me) voted this ahead of the Krug (8 of 12), which for me had begun the downside slope of maturity and was a perhaps 93. First time I have had this wine and nearly the level of the fabulous 2008.

3/28/2024 - Musigny1955 wrote:

Bought on release, casual Thursday night wine. Pinote, nice nose, good body, good length... and a touch of elegance over and above the gourmand pleasures. Dark fruit notes, not strawberry red fruits. Nose and palate have seriously good elements, nothing candied, simple, or over-ripe in this 2018. Very well done.

3/27/2024 - Musigny1955 wrote:

Purchased on release from Ansonia; perfect fill, sound cork. Delicious, good cut as well as medium full fruit, none of the tutti-fruity elements sometimes found in PF. Great wine for the price. Will hold. #1 of 6

3/17/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

First of 12 bought on release. My, I like this wine! Spicy nose and forepalate, robustly sized with lots of minerals thrown in too. Better at room temperature than at refrigerator temp. Hints of petrol complexity and lots of citrus notes. Very much of a style but very successful.
"Punches above its weight."

3/15/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

{cellared since release, opened without decanting for small dinner with LT and LF} How stupid of me to open without decanting. This excellent, deep, very Ech wine needs decanting (or another 10 years). Reticent nose, very pretty stuff comes up with a lot of time, elegant yet muscular in a VR way. 92 points without decanting but really, folks, this will hit 95 points with time. Some Ech is really very good 1er cru level but this is the real deal. Alas, also very 2005 Grand Cru. If you can find this in the secondary market buy it in a heartbeat, but it needs more time or a lot of air. Please see prior note. It's a typical killer Bocquenet understated wine that unleashes lots of authoritative and supremely well balanced fruit and depth ... with time. The bottle that I gave a 94 to that was drunk with SE a year ago had some time in a decanter.

High end Burgundy is made to age for decades now, so the (false) rubric of not decanting Burgundy from my vinious childhood 40 years ago is not true to the realities of the better wines made now and over the past 3-4 decades.

3/13/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Bought on release, one of many bottles consumed, sound cork. Lovely classic Hermitage, superb tannins, ready to go. Super with duck meal.

3/6/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Bought on release, sound cork. Minerally, citrus pithy, mear electric wine. Huge fruit in mid and end palate yet superb acidity and minerality keep this taut, superb wine in balance. Wow wine.

3/5/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Cellared since release, perfect fill, sound cork. Classy floral nose, intriguing minor near smoky element, cleansing palate with intense seashell minerals in mid- and end-palate. Pretty good length too. Classic Montee de Tonnerre scents, flavors, mouthfeel. Great wine. 91 on my pleasure-o-meter and another point for balance, sophistication. A wine for both gourmands and for aesthetes.

3/4/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Brief note, cellared since release, sound cork, probably drunk 60 F 10-12 C. Delicious, appetizing, long, excellent midpalate, tres minerally Chablis with some maturity but can last for years. Nice balance throughout... Another strong showing. I may be down to last bottle!

2/28/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

{one of 2 bought in mixed case on release, perfect fill, sound cork} complex, minerally, Pinote wine, subtly seductive, persuasive wine. Way better than the villages Pernand. Not quite as fruity as the Aloxe-Corton in this vintage but more complex and regal. Great wine, if you have magnums invite me to dinner in the future! Still young.

Notes by Sort and Confused, and Chablis28, Viniferatu, others, seem quite on target, take a look....

2/26/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

{first of 2 bought in mixed case on release, sound cork}. Attractive fruit and very good Villages level complexity. Pinote fruit, earthy undertones, sophisticated nose. (This wine has some 1er cru Guerets added according to Jasper Morris). I'd open this half an hour before serving with food. Excellent villages and a clear step up from the Villages Pernand in the same vintage. Wish I'd bought more.

Addendum: a third of bottle refrigerated overnight, brought up to room temperature- delicious, had not faded. Very solid wine. Drink after a little air, or hold. Really solid enjoyable wine with enough complexity to satisfy both gourmands and wine snobs!

2/26/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

{First of 6 bought on release, sound cork}. Not much nose to start, phenolic, citrus elements, robust palate texture without a lot of minerals. Chablis28's prior notes similar to tonight. Tastes like Meursault. With time and air, the mid and end-palate have really filled out... and its excellent with a dry Gruyere cheese. Much more attractive near room temperature than refrigerator temp and have really revised my thoughts over the evening.

Addendum: a third held in refrigerator overnight, retasted this evening. Not balanced/attractive when tasted cold, then at room temperature excellent, rich full textured wine with lots of palate feel, held up with zero deterioration. Again, great with Gruyere. Great food gourmand wine.

2/25/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

{Bought on release, mixed case rouge et blanc, village and 1er crus}. PopNPour. first 15 minutes crisp, tart, then fruit blossomed. Not now 'oozing' with plush fruits per some early pundit notes, rather ripe Pernand 2015 fruit with some balancing acid spine and enough (potting) soil and complexity to make it an interesting and pleasant wine. Drinking well, will hold, still worth letting it settle down for 15-20 minutes after opening before tasting. Prior notes by others (see Ex-Sommelier note 2020) really ring true tonight. Aloxe-Corton villages, which has some 1er Les Guerets added, tasted Feb 26 more attractive.

2/24/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

{Bought on release, cellared in professional storage, perfect fill} Drunk at home dinner with the Es in 2023. Lost or misplaced my tasting notes from that night but it showed very well and happened upon my other 5 bottles reminding me to put something up. I will put a more detailed note up if I find them. Recall it being plush, excellent, long, and very Echezeaux in typical Bocquenet style. Important key: decanted it x 2-3 hours. (See subsequent note). Would not hesitate to drink now but can hold too.

2/23/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

{bought on release, perfect fill, professional storage, sound cork} Light yellow color. Classic Meursault nose. Good villages nose and light initial palate presence with authentic flavor profile and good mid-palate and later palate narrative. Has good acidity and balance. Does not have the flair or depth of the 2017 Buisson-Charles Meursault Vielles Vignes, but my recollection also much lower price. (Working my way through 2 cases assorted C-C 2017s bought palate unseen!).

2/20/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Bought on release, #1 of 3. sound cork. stored professionally. // nice red > black fruits, clearly... not identifed by me as a Nuits St-Georges given the Vosne-Romanee overtones. I like this wine a lot ... noting it doesnt have immensely Vosne spice, nor Nuits iron minerality or the sauvage elements of a Vaucrains. Delicious and don't hesitate to open a bottle. It fooled me but who cares, excellent showing tonight. True to this style of Nuits. n.b. held up well overnight, had a glass ~ 24 after note written, no deterioration

2/19/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

bought on release, 1st of i think 9 bottles, sound cork. Refreshing, multi-faceted wine with lots of elements. Complex. Long, tart finish without crossing the line into being too much. EXCELLENT food wine for cutting through fatty or protein-rich food. ( See Papies note 2021). Super. Others have mentioned citrus and apple notes. Other Keller wines are for contemplative sipping... this is a food wine.

2/7/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Single bottle bought on release, sound cork. Typical Esmonin lighter style, can be drunk now, Gevrey flavor sets, at end of day both satisfying and true to appellation. Probably better at 10-15 years but... opened tonight. Super value as typical for Esmonin, bravo. Sophisticated . This is Clos Prieur.

2/5/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

bought on release, perfect fill, sound cork. This bottle rich mid-palate, and good length, complex, did well with salmon with rich horseradish & mustard sauce. Not the minerally wine of 5 years ago. Personally will match this super wine with richer foods for rest of its evolutionary arc. Great wine.

I don't think this wine is premoxed given its complex nose ... its just a more mature 10-year old wine from Chablis. People used to adore this stage as it complements richer dishes. Lechet is not Le Clos and has a different arc of maturization (see Jancis Robinson's book on this published 30 years ago...)

1/30/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

Bought at local store with a mix of vintages. Piercing, delicious, super food wine that can also be drunk by itself. Middle and end palate quite rich for a manzanilla and a contrast to the attack (Very en rama nonetheless). An easy choice for many meals and social occasions. We should all have a couple of bottles in the refrigerator for spontaneous get-togethers or meals with friends.

1/30/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

bought on release, sound cork. Very Pinote nose, ripe but not over the top, rich red > black cherry nose and flavor set. Quite sophisticated. Floral. Middle palate is delicious, long, bigger than the attack and just a bit more than the long finish. Not yet at peak. Oregon fruit set, not Burgundy or California.
Another great wine from Mark V. at St. Innocent. This wine has just improved every time I've had it.Could be 92-93 with time. Momtazi and Shea more sophisticated by an hair.

1/25/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

{bought on release at Ansonia; first of 12; perfect fill and sound cork} Pale color. Initially reticent nose (brought up from cellar) but VERY pretty aromatics, elegant, cherry > raspberry fruit. Delicious, very well judged/great balance, long. Nose eventually became rich, a little smoky at times, complex, yet very pure. Palate presence doubled in size in first half hour. Medium weight, sophisticated, elegant.

1/23/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

{Tasted at Jadot trade event in Boston; some back vintage wines were set out for tasting} Convincing wine, my favorite of the mostly village level wines set out from 2018-2021. Much more fun to drink now than the 2015, which has shut down quite hard. Not super complex but a complete wine. Surprised by how much I liked it. I'm with UFGators on this one. 90-91.

1/17/2024 - Musigny1955 wrote:

{Bought on release, cellared since then, perfect fill and cork} Smoky, spectacular wine, big Meursault fruit with a pithy element, touch of bitterness that is very attractive. Forever long. Palate cleansing, rich, electric wine. One experienced taster thought this the best white Burgundy he'd had in several years. We this wine could improve with airing too. A taster took the wine home and it was "bullet-proof" and did not decline overnight.

1/17/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine:

{Brought to monthly Winos dinner} Modern note. Carressing mid-palatte. A little cough syrup that became more muted with food. Bing cherries. Others liked this wine more than I did.