2009 Amoureuses
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The 2009 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses is fabulous. The warmth of the year has given the Amoureuses a little more volume than normal, but without robbing it of its essential character. The 2009 possesses stunning depth in all dimensions backed up by the silkiest of tannins. This is a great showing from Christophe Roumier.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Jancis Robinson MW
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The 2009 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses is fabulous. The warmth of the year has given the Amoureuses a little more volume than normal, but without robbing it of its essential character. The 2009 possesses stunning depth in all dimensions backed up by the silkiest of tannins. This is a great showing from Christophe Roumier. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2039. It is a fascinating to revisit Christophe Roumier’s 2009s from bottle. The lower-end wines are marked by the year to a significantly greater extent than the top wines. Importer: Diageo Chateau and Estate Wines Company, New York, NY; tel. (212) 419-1400
Medium red. Very ripe, soil-inflected aromas of red fruits, coffee, white pepper, lilac, violet and iodine. Silky, round and full, with terrific depth of flavor. But a bit unforthcoming today in the middle palate (Roumier says it has shut down since July), and not quite as sharply delineated today as the Ruchottes. The serious tannins supporting the wine's richness suggest that this simply needs time in bottle to harmonize.
About the producer
Based in Chambolle-Musigny, the domaine was established by Georges Roumier in 1924. The domaine started to bottle their own wines in 1945.