2020 Chambolle-Musigny Les Hauts-Doix 1er Cru
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The 2020 Chambolle-Musigny Les Hauts Doix 1er Cru has quite a generous bouquet. A little more warmth percolates through the dark cherry fruit, but I find more mineralité as it opens. It clams up a little in the glass, but I can see more personality and restraint developing. The palate is medium-bodied with saturated tannins. Perhaps the fruit here is just a little too sweet for my liking, so the finish has a small shortfall in tension and comes across as a bit heady. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
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Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
Neal Martin, Vinous
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The second vineyard to be picked, 50% whole bunch vinification, with 25% new wood. This is a draining sandy soil which gets direct sun only in the morning, so not hot but dry. 12.8% alcohol. A dense dark black purple. For the moment the whole bunches speak quite loudly. Dark fruit, rather exciting, shows the oak a bit, not all together but there is a lot of wine here. When this does come together it will be rather impressive.
From 70-year old vines that provided 50% whole bunch, matured in 25% new oak, the 2020 Chambolle-Musigny Les Hauts Doix 1er Cru has a ripe and quite generous bouquet with plump red cherries and crushed strawberry scents, a touch of undergrowth emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fine acidity, taut and fresh with a little more restaint on the finish compared to the aromatics. Lovely, quite endearing red fruit here. Excellent.
About the producer
Domaine Robert Groffier is based in the village of Morey-Saint-Denis and is famous for having some of the most enviable sites in the Côte de Nuits, including a full hectare within Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru Les Amoureuses – one of the most fiercely collected vineyards in Burgundy.