2012 Domaine Cecile Tremblay Chambolle-Musigny Feusselottes 1er Cru
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Tasted blind at the annual "Burgfest" tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Les Feusselottes from Cecile Tremblay has a lot of reduction on the nose, rather animally and meaty although there remains fine delineation and focus. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin and good acidity. There is still some reduction but there is a good wine underneath here. It sits comfortably between rusticity and modernism, but it will need time to shake off that reduction.
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Neal Martin
Jancis Robinson MW
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Healthy medium red. Very ripe aromas of wild strawberry, mocha and coffee complicated by smoky earth tones. Intense red berry confiture flavors show impressive energy for the year, no doubt due in part to the 70% whole-cluster fermentation. Finishes with a saline nuance and ripe, chewy tannins.
(70% vendange entier): Good deep red-ruby. Musky black raspberry and exotic spices on the nose (Tremblay noted that this wine was very floral the week before my visit). The palate offers lovely creamy intensity supported by a firm acid spine and solid minerality (the site features very shallow soil over rock). Finishes with serious rocky tannins that will require some patience. Tremblay harvests this holding in two passes owing to an unusually wide range of grape maturity.
The 2012 Chambolle-Musigny Les Feusselottes is gorgeous in this vintage. Bright floral notes and sweet spices meld into a core of expressive dark red fruit in a racy, sumptuous wine loaded with class and personality. Clean saline notes give the wine its energy and drive. With time in the glass, the Feusselottes turns explosive as the flavors seem to open up with gorgeous purity and class. Cecile Tremblay used 70% whole clusters here. I can't wait to taste the 2012 from bottle. This is a fabulous showing.