2018 Chambolle Musigny Beaux Bruns
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Tasting notes
The 2018 Chambolle-Musigny Aux Beaux Bruns 1er Cru includes 30% whole bunch. It has a very earthy bouquet, nicely defined but broody at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied and very saline on the entry, offering a fine bead of acidity and a clean, precise finish. Fine, but not the very best Mortet has made this year, since he set the bar so high.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Neal Martin
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The 2018 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Aux Beaux Bruns has turned out very well this year, and Mortet appears to have picked the perfect date to harvest this early-ripening site. Soaring from the glass with scents of ripe cherries, raspberries, peonies and candied citrus peel, it's medium to full-bodied, supple and fleshy, with velvety tannins, lively acids and a mineral finish.
Evident but not dominant wood influence is present on the overtly spicy liqueur-like aromas of plum and dark cherry. The rich and quite generously proportioned medium-bodied flavors exude a subtle minerality on the bitter cherry pit-inflected finish. This well-made effort is sufficiently firmly structured that it will need at least 5 years of cellaring first.
About the producer
This estate, today with Arnaud Mortet at the helm, makes some of Gevrey-Chambertin’s finest wines. Working with 16 hectares, as well as a few négociant parcels, this property makes perfumed and chiselled Pinot Noir.