2024 Comte de Vogue Chambolle Musigny Les Amoureuses Premier Cru Pinot Noir Cote de Nuits

Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue has stewarded Chambolle-Musigny's top terroirs for 20 generations — since 1450. The estate owns approximately 80 percent of grand cru Le Musigny and holds a commanding position in the appellation's hierarchy. Current winemaker Francois Millet employs low-intervention techniques to coax the best out of each vineyard's terroir.

Les Amoureuses sits upslope, separated from grand cru Musigny by a small road. Vogue's rows occupy the highest part of the vineyard — the soils mirror Musigny's character, with lots of stones, little soil, and sand mixed through. It's often called a grand cru in its own right, and it ages in step with the top bottles. The plot's power and elegance explain why collectors hunt it.

Hand-harvested in small crates, the fruit sees 50% whole-cluster fermentation on indigenous yeasts in tank. Only delicate pump-overs during fermentation. Aged in French oak with 30% new wood, unfiltered. The approach is minimal intervention — the terroir does the talking.

Aromas of ripe raspberries and plums, light pepper, earthy notes. Suave and profound on the palate, with silky tannins that stretch long. Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru at this level is Pinot Noir in its most refined, most age-worthy form — the kind of bottle that justifies a cellar and a timeline.