2015 Chambolle Musigny Les Groseilles
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(Landanger vinified this premier cru with a small percentage of whole clusters): Bright ruby-red. Rather subdued aromas of raspberry, pepper and herbs complicated by musky minerality. Nicely concentrated but a bit minty and cool for 2015, without quite the refinement of texture shown by the Cote de Beaune wines here. Finishes with a medicinal quality and slightly dry tongue-dusting tannins. I don't find the full fruit ripeness of the best 2015s, but this wine needs time in bottle to unwind.
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Neal Martin
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 2015 Chambolle Musigny les Groseilles 1er Cru has an expressive bouquet with dark cherry, boysenberry and blackcurrant aromas. It is well defined if not exactly getting both hands on that expression "Pinoté". The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins. I find more finesse and freshness, but not nervosité here compared to the Les Charmes, and the finish feels long and tensile. I suspect it will land at the top of my banded score once in bottle.
Full bright ruby. Blackberry, kirsch , licorice and violet aromas are given a penetrating quality by notes of black peppercorn and medicinal menthol. Then sweet, pliant and fruit-driven, offering a lovely creaminess of texture to its crushed-berry flavors. Still a bit medicinal and stunted in the early going, but long on the aftertaste, with the dusty tannins coming across as ripe, not dry. Today the Charmes is showing more personality.