The 2005 Vogué Musigny Vieilles Vignes may be the wine of the vintage for 2005 red Burgundy! This was just released on our website today. Allen Meadows comments, "whether it will ultimately transcend the heights achieved by the 1919 or the 1949 remains an open question."
2005 Vogué, Comte de - Musigny (Vieilles Vignes) $1,450 6 bottle limit
BH 96-99 Drink Date: 2020+ Comments: Don’t Miss
IWC 95-98
WA 96-98
Commune: Chambolle-Musigny
Commune Characteristics: Chambolle-Musigny produces the most delicate wines in the Cote de Nuits showing more perfume, elegance, silk and lace. Clive Coates describes it as the "ballerina," rather that the "shot putter."
Vineyard: Le Musigny
grand cruVineyard/terroir notes: • One of the very greatest
climats in the whole of the Cote d'Or with Chambertin, Chambertin Clos de Beze, la Tache, and Romanee-Conti
• Up slope--oolite, limestone further down, high in limestone
• Red clay not found elsewhere
• Northern part is Grand Musigny or simply Musigny
• Southern--les Petits Musigny--monopole of Vogué
There are three
climats in Musigny. Vogué has a monopole on one of the two best climats, les Petits Musigny (4.2 ha), which their ancestors have owned since 1766. They own a whopping 66.5% of the entire vineyard. Four domaines in total own 90% of Musigny (Prieur, Mugnier, and Drouhin, along with Vogue).
Vineyard Characteristics: • Majesty itself, the "queen" rather than the "king" when you think of texture and character
• At it best, the most delicious
grand cru in Burgundy
• Harmonious, complex, profound bouquet, and balance
•
Petits fruits rouges galore, breed, purity
Allen Meadows comments that Musigny "combines power, richness, finesse, and complexity. It is one of the two or three supreme expressions in all of Burgundy. There is no shortage of Burgundy lovers who will claim that the greatest red Burgundy they have ever tasted is between the '45, '47, or '49 Musigny from Comte de Vogué."
Top Musigny domaines:• Vogue (7.14ha)
• Mugnier (1.14ha)
• Prieur (77a)
• Drouhin (67a)
• Leroy (27a)
• Jadot (17a)
• Roumier (10a)
• Faiveley(3a)
Surface area: 10.86 ha
Average Production: 39,600 bottles
1ha = 2.471 acres
100 acres = 1 ha