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Deep, dark red. Brooding, bound-up nose suggests dark fruits, roast coffee, mocha and licorice. Firm, muscular and extremely unevolved; displays the full ripeness and outstanding inner-mouth tension of Jadot's other 2014s from Chambolle-Musigny but this is a bit youthfully brutal today and very hard to taste. The blackberry and black cherry flavors are currently cut off by the wine's powerful tannic spine. This wine may need 15 years or more of cellaring.
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Neal Martin
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 2014 Musigny Grand Cru has a pure, enticing, quite regal bouquet with red plum and blackberry scents, wild hedgerow and wilted rose petals -- all very nuanced, so much so that you almost miss its intrinsic intensity. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, very well judged acidity and tangible mineralité, especially on the precise finish that carries enormous persistence as it fans out.
The 2014 Musigny Grand Cru offers lively red fruit laced with potpourri and light pressed rose petal scents. It does not deliver the grandeur of a top Musigny, but it conveys modest class and sophistication. This was almost Barolo-like on the palate, not powerful, but refined, with understated mineralité and a cohesive yet understated finish. Perhaps the vintage just limited its capabilities? Even so, at the end of the day, the 2014 remains a lovely wine.
A gorgeously complex if highly restrained nose displays a broad mix of dark berries, plum, earth, spice and Asian-style tea notes. The wonderfully rich, full-bodied and powerful flavors are shaped by fine-grained tannins that possess excellent phenolic ripeness before culminating in a spectacularly persistent and stony finish as this really fans out on the palate. Simply put, this is magnificent.
About the producer
Louis Jadot is arguably the most consistent négociant house in Burgundy. It has managed to straddle both the entry-level and fine wine market, while retaining respect in both.