2013 Chambolle Musigny Les Fuees
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Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Fuées is slightly disjointed on the nose with earthy red berry fruit, autumn leaves and a touch of soy. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, crisp acidity, a little foursquare perhaps but there is plenty of freshness from start to finish. I would have just appreciated more weight and presence and it feels pinched at present. It seems to have dipped since I tasted it from barrel -- a sullen phase perhaps? Tasted September 2016.
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Neal Martin
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Bright red. Ripe, nuanced nose combines maraschino cherry, menthol and crushed rock; at once slightly medicinal and a bit liqueur-like. Wonderfully sweet and tangy on entry, showing sexy sucrosité , then much more serious and unevolved on the back half, finishing with strong mineral-driven acidity and building tannins. Dry, classic wine with terrific verve.
Bright, full dark red. Distinctly redder on the nose than the Baudes but quite youthfully restrained today, hinting at crushed rock and bay leaf. Very different in texture from most of the foregoing samples, coming off as more clenched today but also extremely pure and penetrating. With its firm tannic spine, this rather masculine Chambolle is less about fruit than the Baudes.
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