Winemaker Notes
It will perfectly match with sophisticated dishes like meat 'en sauce', game and strong cheeses. This wine will certainly improve up to 15 to 20 years in a good cellar.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Still solid and firm, this wine has impressive potential. Its tannins are a reminder that the vineyard is close to Morey Saint-Denis. Under those tannins runs a seam of ripe fruits that will develop richly as the wine matures. Drink from 2024.
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Wine Spectator
Taut and pure, boasting currant, cherry, violet, mineral and spice aromas and flavors. Balanced and precise, remaining fresh and vibrant through the long finish. Best from 2021 through 2035.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2015 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Baudes offers a composed bouquet, understated at first but soon opening with red and black cherries, woodland and cold limestone aromas that are nicely detailed. The palate is fresh and vibrant on the entry with plenty of candied red berry fruit. Indeed, there is a "sweet shop" tincture to this Chambolle-Musigny that I like, with plenty of sucrosity on the finish that does not impede upon terroir expression or delineation. Excellent.
Range: 91-93
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
Chambolle-Musigny represents the charm of the Côte de Nuits district of Burgundy. But you’ll find that term mainly in reference to the vineyards in its southern stretches, which border Clos Vougeot: the Grand Cru of Le Musingy and in part, its neighboring and most exceptional Premier Cru, Les Amoureuses. Some producers argue for the primacy of Les Amoureuses and its eligibility for Grand Cru status given its wines can sometimes surpass other Grands Crus.
Le Musigny ranks on par with the most acclaimed Grands Crus for Pinot Noir: Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Richebourg, Chambertin, and Chambertin-Clos de Bèze. It is also the only Grand Cru in Côte de Nuits for Chardonnay. All of the others are in Côte de Beaune.
This village can in fact claim only two Grands Crus vineyards and—in the context of breaking down the minutiae—they are markedly different. Bonnes-Mares, the other one at the far northern end above the village, bordering Morey-St-Denis, offers power, strength and great aging potential. But Chambolle-Musigny includes a nice handful of exceptional Premiers Crus, as noted above with Les Amoureuses as the finest. Le Fuees and Les Cras are other noteworthy Premiers Crus.
Overall, a top Chambolle-Musigny offers pure aromas of violets, dark cherry and damp earth, coupled with a velvety elegance, supple mid-palate, an abundance of black and red berry, and finesse and power through a long and fine-grained finish.