The 2008 La Combe D’Orveaux is a gorgeous very mineralic Chambolle 1er cru. The bouquet is bursting with acidity driven red and dark berry fruit – notes of elderberries, raspberries – boosted by a energetic crisp minerality. On the palate beautiful acidity driven fruit – medium weight – focused by a dramatic and very powerful minerality. Quite close to grand cru level … love the energy and transparency.
(Drink from 2021) – Fine+ – (93p) – Tasted 04/04/2014.
The Bourgogne Blanc 1999 from Vogue is approaching full maturity. The nose is complex with notes of matured yellow fruit – hints of acacia, citrus, hazelnuts and apple – lifted by a chalky and stony minerality. On the palate still quite crisp with a medium weight midpalate fruit … matured but still vibrant and fresh. The finish is well defined and focused with a lovely display of minerality. A harmonious and mature white Cote de Nuits …. love the minerality … a both lovely and interesting wine.
(Drink from Now) – Very Good – (90p) – Tasted 09/04/2014
I have followed Burgundy wines quite closely the last 20 to 25 years – tasting a lot of lovely wines from many different domaines.
One domaine does however hold a special place in my passion for Burgundy wines – the name is Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé – a domaine with history, great vineyards, passion and first and foremost beautiful aristocratic wines.
I have followed Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé closely for quite many years now and always enjoyed the Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru for its minerality and expression of Chambolle terroir.
In a sense the Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru has become a benchmark wine for me in Chambolle, as I each year taste it from cask and from bottle just after the release in Denmark.
The 2008 Chambolle village from J.-F. Mugnier is starting to show a few maturing notes. The nose is offering delicate red berry fruit – raspberries, forest strawberries – spiced with sous-bois and a delicate minerality. On the palate airy and transparent fruit – cool delicate and balanced. It’s not a dense and powerful wine – but a refined acidity driven wine … really adore the good 2008s.
(Drink from 2018) – Very Good (89p) – Tasted 16/03/2014
The 2008 Chambolle-Musigny village from Domaine Dujac is a delightful wine … just love the 08s. The bouquet is open and transparent with a lovely red berry fruit … red currant, raspberries and red cherries with a hint of liquorice. On the palate crisp and airy fruit … acidity driven rather than structured by tannins. A Delightfully transparent wine with the lovely 2008 verve and energy …. love the crystal clear fruit and the focusing acidity.
(Drink from 2019) – Very Good – (89p) – Tasted 14/03/2014
The Chambolle Les Cras 2011 from Roumier is a quite delicate pinot in the making. The nose is showing lovely floral notes, red and blue berry fruit … notes of blueberries, liquorice … with hints of raspberries and oak. On the palate quite subtle and mouth filling with medium weight and a long focused finish. The fruit is quite vibrant with a lovely nerve and acidity. The tannins are finely grained and offer a nice support … slightly forward at the moment. A quite lovely Les Cras in the making.
(Drink from 2023) – Fine (91p)- Tasted 07/03/2014
The Chambolle Les Cras 2006 from Roumier is showing beautifully. In the bouquet lovely expressive quite openly knit fruit … notes of blueberries, strawberries, sous-bois. Still quite primary but nevertheless showing a lovely complexity. On the palate rich and quite forward red and dark fruit … fine midpalate weight … good focusing grip from the tannins in the finish. Very accessible for a young Roumier with a very nice nerve and energy. Really love the expression and the openly knit accessibility … a very beautiful effort for the vintage.
(Drink from 2017) – Fine (91p) – Tasted 08/02/2014
The 2010s from Dujac are brilliant and most likely the best vintage I have tasted from this fine estate. The 2010 Chambolle-Musigny village is a delightful wine … a bit restrained at first … but soon the bouquet is bursting with airy sweet red and dark fruits – notes of cassis, raspberries, blueberries and pomegranate. The nose is generously spiced with hints of rose petals and a nice earthy minerality … a almost silky scent of Chambolle. On the palate quite abundantfruit, a crisp and vibrant acidity …. lovely transparancy and display of minerality. Very god weight and intensity for this level .. elegant and refined with layers of velvet red fruit. A very impressive Chambolle village.
(Drink from 2022) – Fine – (91p) – Tasted 15/02/2013
The 2010 Chambolle-Musigny village from Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé is surprisingly forward and open. The nose is crammed with sweet airy red berry fruit – notes of strawberries, raspberries, pomegranate spiced with hints of rose petals. On the palate lovely organic fruit – i.e. no feeling of SO2 or oak restraining the fruit significantly. It’s rich, expressive and quite silky with a lovely balancing acidity, finely grained tannins and a nice minerality for this level. A gorgeous village … the 2010s from de Vogüé are great
(Drink from 2022) – Fine – (91p) – Tasted 14/02/2013
The Aux Beaux Bruns is a quite muscular Chambolle. This relatively unknown 1er cru is located below Les Groseilles and Les Gruenchers . The nose is quite expressive with notes of red berry fruit … cherries, plum … spiced with a earthy minerality. On the palate rich medium weight with plenty of fruit on the midpalate. Not the most focused or complex wine … but with it’s abundant fruit and forward style it’s nevertheless quite charming. Drinking well!
(Drink From 2020) – Very Good (89p) – Tasted 24/01/2014
The Chambolle village 2005 from Domaine Dujac is still quite youthful. The bouquet is accessible and quite forward with red and blue berry fruit – quite floral spiced with oak and violets. On the palate muscular for this level with a serious midpalate weight … quite abundant fruit and a matching and powerful tannic structure. Need time to unfold the fruit – but is quite openly knit for the vintage.
(Drink From 2020) – Very Good (89p) – Tasted 24/01/2014
The Chambolle-Musigny La Combe d’Orveau is one of the hidden gems of Cote de Nuits. Only a few producers make wine from this slightly overlooked terroir and a part of of the climate is now a part of a “rather” well known grand cru. The grand cru is of course Musigny and the story about the expansion of Musigny is also the story about La Combe d’Orveau a terroir with at least partly grand cru potential.
Chambolle Musigny La Combe d’Orveau is devided in two sections – the 1er cru and grand cru climates located just above Clos de Vougeot on the slope just south of Les Petits Musigny and the village section located further west on the border between Flagey-Echezeaux and Chambolle-Musigny – see map below.
The 2006 de Vogue wines are lovely and quite accessible. The Chambolle 1er cru is no exception with it’s fruit and mineral driven bouquet. The nose is brimming with red and dark berry fruit … a note darker than the village with a quite substantial mineral element … and a pitch of gun powder. On the palate quite big and powerful with layers of lovely fruit … forward and quite focused for the vintage. The finish is long and intense with plenty of volume and grip. A fine effort indeed … perhaps lacking a bit of transparancy compared to vintages like 2010 – nevertheless impressive for the vintage.
(Drink from 2018) – Fine (91p)- Tasted 09/12/2013
The Musigny Vieilles Vignes 2000 from Vogue has entered a semimatured stage and is showing well. In the nose red and dark berry fruit, sous-bois and a quite intense Chambolle minerality. On the palate very muscular and intense for the vintage – with a lovely midpalate weight and a nice vibrancy. It’s lovely balanced and with a long and powerful mineral driven finish. A very fine wine for the vintage – a beautiful expression of the great Musigny terroir.
(Drink from now) – Very Fine (93p)- Tasted 31/12/2013
The Amoureuses 2010 from Francois Bertheau gorgeous and enjoyable wine in the making. I tasted this from cask in the summer of 2011 where it showed a very fine promise … and I’m certainly not disappointed. In the nose layers of lovely sweet red fruit – strawberries, red currant and pomegranate – spiced with a refined minerality. On the palate airy red fruit delicately balanced and graced with the lovely minerality from the fantastic Amoureuses terroir. Not a big and dense wine, but the length and the underlying power is newertheless quite impressive in a refined and understated way. A beautiful wine … lightfooted, airy, filigree and a true pleasure.
(Drink from 2020) – Fine (94p) – Tasted 18/12/2013
The Bonnes Mares 2004 from Roumier is a somewhat mysterious wine. The last bottle I tasted earlier this year was austere and backward, this bottle more forward but sadly also with some slightly disturbing green notes. The bouquet is quite expressive with dark berry fruit – cassis, dark cherries – a earthy minerality and some less charming green notes. On the palate it’s powerful with fine midpalate fruit and a very fine weight for the vintage – slightly dusty and green in the finish. A big wine for the vintage – but the green notes are – although they fade after some time in the glass – somewhat problematic.
(Drink from 2013) – Good (87p)- Tasted 18/12/2013
The Chambolle village is a lovely effort. Slightly reduced on the nose, but still bursting with pure red and dark fruit – crisp with a lovely minerality. On the palate intense for this level with a transparent and vibrant fruit and a lovely energy. A very charming village Chambolle in the making.
(Drink from 2022) – Very Good+ (90 – 91p) – Tasted 13/09/2013 from cask.
The Chambolle 1er cru is a step up in quality (made 100% from young vines on the Musigny vineyard). In the bouquet lovely red and dark candied fruit – infused with a lovely intense minerality. On the palate layers of crisp fruit – a lovely energy and tension – with a strong but refined backbone from the great Musigny terroir. Love the floral expression of the Musigny terroir – the positive energy and the balance – a gorgeous wine.
(Drink from 2024) – Fine+ (92 – 93p) – Tasted 13/09/2013 from cask.
The Bonnes Mares is darker as usual – but with a surprisingly vibrant energy. In the bouquet layers of red and dark fruit – blackberries, pomegranate and red forest berries, spiced with a lovely earthy minerality. It’s intense, pure and transparent with a vibrant energy. The fruit is weighty but still expressive with a lovely tension between the red fruit and the quite firm tannins and the fine acidity. One of the best Bonnes Mares I have tasted from Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé – a gorgeous wine.
(Drink from 2028) – Outstanding (94 – 96p) – Tasted 13/09/2013 from cask.
