2007 Chambolle Musigny Les Cras
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The 2007 Chambolle-Musigny Les Cras 1er Cru has a well-defined nose with red cherries, kirsch, crushed rock and light camphor scents that are very seductive. The palate has decent weight and grip, a fine spine of acidity and is fleshy towards the finish. Perhaps it does not "kick on" like the best Chambolles, but there is an effortless charm that I appreciate here. Tasted blind at the Roumier Les Cras vertical at Medlar, London.
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Neal Martin
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 2007 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Cras has an open, earthy bouquet with scents of undergrowth, morels, a slather of marmalade and dried orange peel. The palate displays fine structure with generous, fleshy red berry fruit mingling with cracked black pepper and smoke. There is a gutsiness to this Chambolle, which is just beginning to enter its drinking plateau. Excellent. Drink now-2020.
Good medium red. Reticent but pure aromas of medicinal cherry, menthol and red licorice. Rather compact and imploded on the palate, with a strong stony quality and tannins that reach the molars. This shows none of the easy sweetness and open-knit fleshy character that characterize so many 2007s, but it finishes subtle and quite long. Should prove to be a vin de garde in the context of the vintage: I'd wait six or seven years.
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