2015 Chambolle Musigny

The 2015 Chambolle Musigny Vieilles Vignes contains around 40% premier cru Combe d'Orveau. It has a floral bouquet with wilted rose petals infusing the red cherry and strawberry fruit, quite polished and pure in style. The palate is svelte in texture from the beginning, belying the quite firm structure underneath. That is certainly true on the finish that clams up a little, though after racking I suspect it will be more expressive. It will probably require 2-3 years in bottle.

(Perrot-Minot has eliminated the bottling he previously called Chambolle-Musigny La Combe d'Orveau Vieilles Vignes in order to avoid confusion in the marketplace with his special Chambolle-Musigny La Combe d'Orveau Cuvée Ultra Vieilles Vignes; this village offering is now a blend of 60% old vines and 40% Combe d'Orveau "regular" cuvée ): Bright red with ruby tones; these 2015s boast gorgeous Pinot color. Aromas of strawberry and raspberry are a bit muted by oak. Then stony and brisk, even a bit youthfully clenched, showing pronounced minerality for a village wine--no doubt from the Combe d'Orveau component. A vibrant style with real cut and inner-mouth tension, but does it have enough mid-palate flesh to fully buffer its firm tannins?