2023 Chambolle Musigny Les Chabiots
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The 2023 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Chabiots offers up notes of plums, dark berries, smoke and orange, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and seamless palate, with polished tannins and pure, open-knit profile.
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Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com
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Cask sample. Hand-picked 15 September. Fermentation in thermo-regulated wooden vats, 25% whole bunch. Aged in oak barrels, 30% new, for 16–17 months. Will be bottled January/February 2025. The scent of crushed plum skin and the sweetness of strawberries crushed and licked off a finger tip. Kumquat-sweet acidity. Sylph-like tannins which seem to imbue the wine with orris-root earthy fragrance. Understated and classy. (TC)
The 2023 Chambolle-Musigny Les Chabiots 1er Cru feels rather under-powered on the nose: light red fruit, a touch of woodland, but it is missing some presence. The palate is smooth and rounded, with pastille-like red fruit and fine tannins, though I am seeking a little more grip toward the finish. This is an earlier-drinking Chambolle.
An attractive mid purple. The bouquet is refined and restrained. Concentrated fruit, mostly raspberry, but with some nuances, a suggestion of coffee further back, very well balanced and notably persistent. Few tannins.
About the producer
Although the Bichot family settled in the region in 1350, Albert Bichot was founded in 1831 by Bernard Bichot. Today the producer is one of Burgundy’s most respected, making wines from both its own vineyards and with purchased fruit.