2002 Chambolle Musigny Les Amoureuses
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The 2002 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1er Cru is a standout wine. Ethereal on the nose, this unfurls beautifully and eventually reveals the energy contained within this wine. Molasses hints infuse the red cherry fruit, undergrowth, and Chinese tea notes. This is multi-faceted and mercurial. The medium-bodied palate is intense for this vintage. It is ripe, silky in texture and slightly confit towards the vigorous and long finish. This is à point . Gorgeous. Tasted at the Les Amoureuses vertical at Hide restaurant.
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Neal Martin
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Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier’s 2002 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Armoureuses meets the highest of expectations, bursting from the glass with aromas of griotte cherry, raspberry, peony and licorice. On the palate, the wine is sappy, transparent and expansive, its acids succulent, its tannins supremely silky and its finish long and saline. Such is its textural finesse that one could almost miss its sinewy extract. While this is beginning to drink very well, a few more years of bottle age will likely be rewarded by additional aromatic extravagance.
Healthy medium red. Strawberry, raspberry, cherry and crushed stone on the musky nose. Silky but at the same time juicy, with strong minerality contributing to the wine's nervosite A distinct step up in flavor intensity over the foregoing samples. Very fresh, penetrating wine with lovely subtle length. But Mugnier noted that it's no higher in acidity than the Fuees.