Bruno Clavelier Chambolle Musigny La Combe d'Orveau 1er Cru 2015 (750ML)

92-94 BH/93-96 VM

Planted with vines of 20+ and 65+ years of age that sit directly above Musigny Tasting note: Here the wood treatment is a bit less subtle though not so much as to significantly impede the appreciation of the spicy, fresh and airy aromas of essence of red currant and cherry that are laced with plenty of floral elements. The sleek, intense, mineral-driven and tension-filled middle weight flavors brim with dry extract that buffers the firm core of tannins on the detailed, chiseled and explosively long finish. This is quite simply marvelous and absolutely worthy of your interest, provided of course that you have at least moderate patience. Burghound –Sweet Spot Outstanding

(just 20 hectoliters per hectare produced from tiny millerandé berries from these mostly very old vines planted on very shallow topsoil over mineral-rich chalk): Bright, full red. Great aromatic complexity and perfumed lift to the exhilarating scents of strawberry, pomegranate, cranberry, spices, rose petal and crushed rock. Penetrating yet utterly silky and seamless, with perfectly integrated acidity framing and lifting the flavors of pungent red berries, flowers and spices. Tactile and densely packed but utterly weightless, this wine really tickles the palate with chalk. But although it's wonderfully airy on entry, the finish is more monolithic and strict (Clavelier called it "monastic") in the early going. The very firm, slowly rising finish promises a glorious, leisurely evolution in bottle. Clavelier's holding in La Combe d'Orveaux is adjacent to Petits-Musigny, which is part of the grand cru Musigny, and was classified as tête de cru prior to the Phylloxera epidemic. Stephen Tanzer – Vinous Media