2015 - Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Borniques, Frederic Magnien

Moderately saturated bright red. Much more closed on the nose than the Nuits Damodes, with aromas of red cherry, spices and minerals conveying a chalky firmness. In a rather austere style for a Magnien wine, with its tight, sharply defined flavors of crushed wild red berries showing a faintly bitter chalky quality. Finishes with a firm spine of tannins, complex soil tones and terrific length. With shocking energy for the year, this wine is not at all dominated by the vintage. Strong potential here. This vineyard is adjacent to Musigny and, according to Magnien, typically produces a racy style of wine that takes a long time to open. It shows a type of minerality that doesn't have a lot of fruit behind it, is the way he described it.