2019 - Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses, Jacques-Frederic Mugnier

Mugnier's 2019 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses is thrilling, soaring from the glass with scents of peonies, blood orange, rose petals, raspberries, bergamot and Indian spices. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, it's exquisitely refined, with melting tannins, vibrant fruit and a long, penetrating finish. Exemplifying the ideal of intensity without weight, this is worth every effort to seek out.

The 2019 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1er Cru has a very well-defined bouquet of Morello cherries, wild strawberry and touches of orange pith. It’s a little "contained" at first, though it only requires a few swirls of the glass to reveal real complexity and terroir expression. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins—ripe and rounded so that it seduces with its cashmere texture. Gradually building in the mouth toward quite a deep and complex finish, this reveals a hint of on the aftertaste. Excellent. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.

Six pièces. Mugnier assures me it was stupendous before the harvest. Unracked cask sample. Very perfumed and gentle on the nose. Not much more than medium weight with some strong raspberry notes but it opens out on the end. Still very young. (JR)