2001 Chambolle Musigny Les Cras
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The 2001 Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras 1er Cru shows moderate bricking on the rim. There is a very subtle reduction at play on the nose, quite savoury and irony in style, lovely definition though with fireside hearth scents surfacing with time. The palate is underpinned by a fine line of acidity, focused with pastille-like red fruit. There is some attenuation on the finish by dint of a more challenging season, though overall this Les Cras remains tensile and pleasurable. Tasted blind at the Roumier Les Cras vertical at Medlar, London.
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Pierre Rovani
Jancis Robinson MW
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Much darker colour than the 2002. Very direct and smooth. Actually tastes fully developed with lovely satin texture. Well done! Just a slightly metallic note on the finish stops it getting a higher score. Still pretty tannic on the finish. Round and really well made – full of integrity. Impressive. (JR)
Excellent bright ruby-red. Rich, ripe aromas of spicy blackberry, black cherry, smoke and game. Chewy and rich, conveying a strong impression of extract. Highly concentrated but a bit compact, and just this side of ponderous. Finishes with nicely buffered tannins. Roumier may have had a wine like this in mind when he admitted to me that he may have overextracted certain wines in 2001. "Perhaps I should have made them lighter," he said. "Only time will tell."
About the producer
Based in Chambolle-Musigny, the domaine was established by Georges Roumier in 1924. The domaine started to bottle their own wines in 1945.