2021 Musigny Grand Cru La Vougeraie

Bright purple without too much concentration of colour. The nose is exquisite and suggests a fair intensity of fruit to follow. Some pepper on the nose, but otherwise an intense bouquet of roses and ripe red berries. There is real distinction here, a sense of finesse which does not belie the intensity of the wine, to be seen on the second half of the palate. Sensuality personified yet refreshed by the pinches of white pepper which come from this style of vinification. Gloriously graceful, Drink from 2030-2040+.

This delicious Musigny from Domaine de la Vougeraie opens with a lovely, bright mulberry fruit aromas with dark notes of earth, mineral, smoke, and menthol. The texture is lively and fresh, yet there is substance, depth and grip on the palate. The grapes come from two parcels totaling 0.21 hectares that are farmed biodynamically using a horse for vineyard work. The grapes are fermented entirely as whole clusters and will age two winters in cask (25% new).

Also made with 100% whole cluster like the Bonnes-Mares, this is more harmonious at this stage. Oodles of red berry fruit meshes with baking spice and pastry crust. The smooth tannins glide across the palate.

(from a tiny parcel of .17 ha; 100% whole clusters). Here too the nose is exuberantly spicy and even more floral with similar red berry fruit aromas. There is very fine concentration to the gorgeously textured, powerful and palate soaking broad-shouldered flavors that seem to be built on a base of minerality on the strikingly long, serious and already wonderfully complex finale. This is a very compact, yet refined Musigny that should age effortlessly.