2014 Chambolle Musigny
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Healthy medium red. Expressive aromas of red cherry, raspberry, coffee and smoky minerality. Sappy red fruit and spice flavors show enticing sweetness supported by excellent acid lift and a firm spine of tannins. Can't match the 2015 version for fleshiness but this wine is intense, precise and very easy to drink and finishes with lovely lift. I'd give it a couple more years in the bottle before pulling the cork. It wasn't too many years ago that this cuvée was a weak link in this cellar, but not any longer.
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Neal Martin
Jancis Robinson MW
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Lack of drama. Solid and a bit tart. (JR)
(made from 11 parcels around the village, with most of the vines between 30 and 60 years of age): Healthy dark red. Dark fruit aromas are lifted by a floral note. On the palate, spicy, slightly roasted red fruit flavors are complicated by torrefaction notes of coffee and mocha. This nicely structured village wine finishes with slightly rustic, dusty tannins and a saline quality, its fruit currently in the background.
The 2014 Chambolle-Musigny Villages, from 1.85 hectares of vines planed in 1955, was politely requesting a little more cohesion when I tasted it from barrel. The palate is better with slightly chewy tannins, a keen line of acidity and a slightly blocky but fresh finish that should gain finesse by the time of bottling. It might just be looking for an upswing once incarcerated in glass so that it settles at the top of my banded score.
About the producer
Founded in 1962 by Alain Hudelot and based in Chambolle-Musigny, Domaine Hudelot-Noëllat is today run by Alain’s grandson Charles van Canneyt and has become one of the region’s most respected estates.