2017 Chambolle Musigny Les Amoureuses
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The 2017 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1er Cru has an overtly menthol-scented bouquet that I find distracting. It recedes with aeration, but it’s still there. The palate is sweet and succulent on the entry, very reduced, and slightly green around the edges. This is a sweet-and-sour Amoureuses that feels like two wines in one, and consequently it lacks a bit of harmony and focus. The bottle I tasted at the domaine showed better, so it will be interesting to see how this develops. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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The 2017 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1er Cru has a beautiful floral bouquet of red currant, cranberry and rose petal aromas that are very pure and refined. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins. Precise and elegant, with real tension and piquancy on the energetic finish. Divine.
A stunning bouquet of raspberries, rose petals, blood orange and sweet soil tones, deftly framed by a subtle touch of new oak, introduces Mugnier's 2017 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses, a medium to full-bodied, supple and expansive wine framed by filigree tannins and racy acids, exemplifying the ideal of intensity without weight. Long and precise, this isn't as structured as the 2016 or 2015 renditions, and it will be open for business sooner. But the 2017 Amoureuses looses very little by comparison with those two brilliant wines.