1996 Chambolle Musigny Les Fremieres
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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This medium-to-dark blue/ruby-colored wine offers an intense nose of violets, sweet cherries, and minerals. On the palate, this succulent, thick, velvety-textured, medium-to-full-bodied, and seductive wine is crammed with candied raspberries, sugar-coated cherries, and stones. Well-focused and pure, it hides its structured character under wave after wave of rich fruit. It should be at its best between 2001 and 2006. Importers: Martine's Wines, Inc., San Rafael, CA; tel (415) 485-1800, and Paterno Imports, Chicago, IL; tel (847) 604-8900.
Excellent deep red. Black raspberry, minerals and smoky oak on the nose: the dark side of Chambolle, particularly in comparison to the redder-fruit '95. Minerally and firm, with excellent density for a village wine but limited complexity. Finishes firm, ripe and persistent.
About the producer
For many, Domaine Leroy represents the pinnacle of fine Burgundy. Owned and run by the legendary Lalou Bize-Leroy, the domaine in Vosne-Romanée is one strand of the Leroy empire, along with Maison Leroy and Domaine d’Auvenay.