2013 Chambolle Musigny Les Cras
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Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Cras has a crisp, orderly, well-defined bouquet with mineral-rich brambly red fruit that opens nicely in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine delineation, supple tannin, dark berry fruit mixed with tea and a touch of black olive. Good length, fine backbone, this is a very well made, you might say "orderly" Chambolle-Musigny. Tasted September 2016.
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Neal Martin
Andy Howard MW, Jancisrobinson.com
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Healthy medium red; a bit less saturated than the Véroilles. Sappy, pure scents of red cherry, raspberry, menthol and flowers. Sweet and penetrating, displaying terrific acid cut and lift to the tangy flavors of red fruits, flowers and minerals. More reserved and upright than the Véroilles today, showing less early volume, but plenty dense and not at all hard or dry. The tightest and most backward of these 2013s, finishing firmly tannic, classically dry and very long. This should age a long time.
Another more ethereal, limestony nose. Taut and lean in the mouth, with the promise of a certain masochistic purity. (AH)
Bright, dark red. Very refined, high-pitched aromas of blackberry, blueberry, violet and espresso. Brilliantly detailed yet utterly seamless, offering extremely primary flavors of blackberry, flowers and cherry pit. The very long, mounting, sharply detailed finish leaves the taste buds quivering. Still a baby today and built for a very graceful evolution in bottle.
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