2015 Chambolle Musigny Les Charmes
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Tasting notes
(from 30+ year old vines). This too is attractively fresh, bright and airy with its pretty nose that combines notes of lavender, violet, red cherry and subtle spice hints. The detailed and vibrant middle weight flavors possess a wonderfully silky mouth feel that also culminates in a tight and linear finish where a cherry pit character emerges. This is really quite lovely; indeed it’s textbook Charmes. Dec 2016, www.burghound.com
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin
More reviews and scores
The 2015 Chambolle Musigny 1Er Cru les Charmes is being raised in 40% new oak. It has a very well-defined bouquet with dusky black fruit, blackberry and bilberry, hints of grey slate in the background, fine focus and precision on display here. The palate is well balanced with plenty of sucrosity, veering towards black fruit (dark cherries, bilberry and touches of cassis), but with plenty of vibrancy and energy towards the tensile finish. It deserves 3-5 years in bottle once released. Dec 2016, www.robertparker.com, Drink: 2020-2035
Tasted blind, the 2015 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes exhibits an attractive bouquet of sweet cherry fruit, cassis and plums, complemented by some savory bass notes of grilled squab and chocolate. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, quite hefty and ample, with juicy acids, fine but firm tannins and good overall shape and substance. It's shutting down and will demand some patience. Oct 2018, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Founded in 1962 by Alain Hudelot and based in Chambolle-Musigny, Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat is today run by Alain’s grandson Charles van Canneyt and has become one of the region’s most respected estates.