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CHAMBOLLE MUSIGNY

2010 1er Cru Domaine Joseph Drouhin

Grapes Chardonnay
Colour Red
Origin France, Burgundy
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Nuits
Village Chambolle Musigny
Classification 1er Cru
ABV 13%

The usual mix of Drouhin's little bits of various premiers crus - the les Baudes, separated out in 2009, is back in the mix in 2010. Floral sweet red fruit. Quite a skein of minerality and a smooth dryness. Taut as anything, all with juice. Eye-popping intensity and delivery. Very long. Classic Chambolle, in fact. L&S (Dec 2011)


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The Drouhins blend five different Premiers Crus into this wine and the result is definitely more than the sum of its parts. Hauntingly aromatic, with sappy black cherry and raspberry fruit, a touch of liquorice and a tapering finish. 2015-22 (94/100) Rating: 94 Tim Atkin MW, www.timatkin.com (Feb 2012)

The 2010 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru shows the extroverted side of Chambolle in its exuberant dark fruit and powerful tannins. The wine turns more delicate and sensual with time in the glass. The 1er Cru had just been bottled at the time of my visit and there is little doubt it needs time to recover. Still, this is a fairly big style of Chambolle. The 1er Cru is a blend of five vineyards on the south side of the village. Drinking range: 2015 - 2025 Rating: 89 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Feb 2012)

(a blend of seven parcels, stretching from the north to the south end of the village): Good bright red-ruby. Musky blackberry, licorice, bitter chocolate and stony minerality on the nose. Dense, pliant and seamless, with a thickness to the dark berry flavors that's leavened by well-integrated acidity and a spicy component. Still rather tight and primary. This should age nicely. Rating: 90 - 93 Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (Jan 2012)

Domaine Joseph Drouhin

Joseph Drouhin, founded in 1880 and still family owned, are one of the most well-respected names in Burgundy, especially through their flagship wine, the iconic Clos des Mouches.

A huge part of the Drouhin production comes from their own domaine fruit (78 hectares), and much of the rest comes from contracts such as that with the Marquis de Laguiche, who shook hands with the grandfather of the current generation, agreeing to let him manage his vineyards which included an important part of Le Montrachet; this collaboration endures. Today, the fourth generation is at the helm

Small refinements continue to be made here. The presses have been changed - a reversion to basket pressing for the reds, and for whites the presses are open - along with a number of other growers they are following the trend to think that slight oxidation of the juice before fermentation is not a problem and may add complexity as well as avoiding later problems of premature oxidation in bottle.

For the reds there has been the introduction of selective whole-bunch fermentation in the Côte de Nuits wines. The house style remains one that 'emphasises the natural elegance of great Burgundies' as they describe it. The domaine is all cultivated with an organic and biodynamic approach.

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