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The 2017 Musigny Grand Cru presents a profound nose of brilliant delineation and focus, delivering pure brambly red fruit and simmering underlying mineralité ; wilted rose petal scents surface after 10 minutes in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with lithe tannins, very harmonious and silky-smooth. This is not the most powerful or persistent Musigny you will ever taste, but it is undeniably pretty. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting.
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The 2017 Musigny Grand Cru comes from the domaine’s 0.21 hectares of vine. Similar to the Bonnes-Mares in style, it takes time to open on the nose and is a little reluctant to perform from barrel, coming across broody and almost saturnine. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannin and quite saline in the mouth, and the finish exhibits a light seaweed, almost briny note. Not bad, although it needs a tad more complexity and nuance considering the reputation of where it comes from.
About the producer
Based south of Nuits-Saint-Georges in Prémeaux-Prissey, Domaine de la Vougeraie was created in 1999, grouping all of Jean-Claude Boisset’s holdings under one name. The property has a total 40 hectares of vines, with extensive holdings in Vougeot as well as plots in six Grands Crus.