2017 Chambolle Musigny Les Baudes

The 2017 Chambolle-Musigny Les Baudes 1er Cru contains 25% whole bunch fruit this year. It has a clean, pure bouquet of raspberry and wild strawberry, the one-third new oak lending volume and presence. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin. This feels well balanced and fresh in the mouth, but there is a sense of strictness and linearity on the finish. Fine.

A very pretty nose is composed primarily of red and dark fruit scents, in particular cherry, along with wisps of lavender and earth. There is much better volume to the muscular and more powerful middle weight flavors that tighten up somewhat on the dusty, balanced and more complex and persistent finish. This is a bit coarse if not actually rustic and should age well.

Aromas of sweet red berries, peony and raw cocoa mingle with savory bass- notes of grilled meat and rich soil in a complex bouquet, introducing the 2017 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Baudes, a medium to full-bodied, ample wine with excellent depth and dimension, a sappy core of fruit and a fine-grained, mineral finish.