2016 Chambolle-Musigny, Les Fuées, 1er Cru, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Burgundy Unit of Measure:1 X 750ML and incense

and incense

wood spice and distillate-driven nuttiness

like cold raspberry ripple ice cream on warm summer pudding

The 2014 Léoville Barton has a seductive and beautifully composed bouquet with ample brambly red fruit

but not so in 2010 – it’s the best any of us can recall: a must-have

2016 Chambolle-Musigny, Les Fuées, 1er Cru, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Burgundy Unit of Measure:1 X 750ML and incenseFirm reduction dominates the fruit so be sure to decant this if you're going to crack a bottle in its youth. Otherwise there is fine volume and punch to the dense and seductively textured medium bodied flavors that brim with both dry extract and minerality where the latter element really comes up on the saline and beautifully persistent finish where a hint of bitter cherry pit character arises. This is really very good. 91 100, Alan Meadows, Burghound