2014 Chambolle Musigny Les Amoureuses

(two of the five barrels were new until the racking): Medium red. Aromas of redcurrant, flowers and minerals, plus a hint of chocolatey oak. Velvety and sweet but reticent today, with alluring flavors of redcurrant and darker berries given cut and definition by crushed-stone minerality. Wonderfully rich and sweet for the vintage, and more perfumed in the early going than the deeper Musigny. The very long, sappy finishing flavors spread out horizontally to saturate the palate, with the substantial granular tannins giving the wine a strong structural underpinning for a long life in bottle.

Bright medium red. At once sensual and ineffable on the nose, offering scents of raspberry, rose petal, white truffle, minerals and earth. Wonderfully suave and refined in the mouth, combining a texture of liquid silk with a sappy impression of energy. A peppery nuance lifts the wonderfully subtle, elegant finish, which features noble tannins and outstanding subtle persistence. Classy juice!