2018 CHAMBOLLE MUSIGNY 1er Cru Charmes Domaine Christian Clerget, Lea & Sandeman

CHAMBOLLE MUSIGNY

2018 1er Cru Charmes Domaine Christian Clerget

IN STOCK
Grapes Pinot Noir
Colour Red
Origin France, Burgundy
Other Practising Organic
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Nuits
Village Chambolle Musigny
Classification 1er Cru
ABV 14.5%
Vineyard Charmes

Fully-formed and this now really singing of Chambolle with floral notes and red berry lift - very Chambolle in texture, gliding silkily and long. Drinking range: 2026 - 2035 L&S (Oct 2020)

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Dense dark purple. A crisp clean but relatively undemonstrative nose. One plot by the cross, the other next to Leroy further north. A bit of whole bunch crunch. This has both weight and class and a little more at the back, generous smooth texture then some barrel tannins at the back. 4/5 stars Rating: 93 Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy  (Mar 2020)

A moderately toasty nose is comprised by the super-fresh essence of various red berries where once again there is an abundance of floral influences adding both breadth and elegance. The delicious and nicely voluminous medium-bodied flavors possess a highly seductive inner mouth perfume before concluding in a palate coating and sneaky long finish. This too is lovely. Drinking range: 2028 - Rating: 90-92 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2020)

Domaine Christian Clerget

A domaine of 6 hectares, with 8 appellations, run by Christian, Isabelle and their daughter Justine Clerget from their house in the northern end of the little village of Vougeot, which is really in the commune of Chambolle. They have been organic (certified) since 2017, Justine having insisted on it when she joined them, but it sounds as though she was pushing at an open door, because Christian is entirely committed to this approach and clearly believes that good wine starts with the vines.

At harvest the grapes are picked into small cases for the short trip to the winery which really is right in the middle of their holdings. They adapt to the vintage conditions, so that they did 2 pigeages in total in 2019, whereas in 2017, they did one a day throughout the fermentation. In 2018 they did some whole bunch fermentation, but reverted to their normal complete destemming in 2019. At the end of the alcoholic fermentation Christian decants into tank, allows the wine to settle for ten days, then puts the wines into barrel where they stay without racking until bottling. They are using about 30% new wood on the villages and 40% on the Chambolle Charmes and the Échézeaux, and the wines say in barrel for a long élevage of 18-20 months.

Bourgogne Rouge .69ha

Morey Saint Denis Blanc 'les Crais'

Morey Saint Denis 0.20 ha

Chambolle Musigny 2 ha (in Les Athets, Les Babillères, Les Herbues, Les Nazoires, Les Bussières, Les Croix, Les Condemennes)

Vosne Romanée les Violettes 0.37 ha

Vougeot 1er Cru les Petits Vougeots 0.46 ha

Chambolle Musigny 1er cru les Charmes 1.01 ha

Échézeaux Grand Cru 1.09 ha (in 'en Orveaux')

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