The tasting Grandes Maisons Grands Cru during Grands Jours de Bourgogne included the opportunity to taste some of the big wines from the 2015 vintage – wines I rarely have the chance to taste and evaluate from bottle.
First out the Joseph Drouhin, Musigny 2015. The 2015 is now settled in bottle showing tremendous balance and refinement. This is a magnificent Musigny showing the intense, detailed and refined side of this mighty terroir. The 2015s have it all – and it’s a mighty wine, and yet one is surprised by it’s delicacy and hedonistic vivacity. The nose is brimming with layers of cool and juicy fruit – pomegranate, red currant and blackberry – brought forward by a detailed limestony mineraliy. On the palate elegant, detailed and deep – with a feminine and velvet expression – hedonistic yet precise and with a strong mineral backbone. A wine of great balance.
(Drink from 2033) – Outstanding++ – (96 – 97p) – Tasted 15/03/2018.
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