Appellations
Premier Cru · Côte de Nuits
Les Amoureuses
Chambolle-Musigny · red · 5.4
Immediately below Musigny, and priced above several grands crus.
Under the vines
Pale stony limestone, very low in clay, on a steep pitch.
In the glass
The most floral wine in Burgundy by common consent; fine-grained and long.
Why it sits here
Its price detached from its classification decades ago, and nobody buying it is confused about why.
Commonly misread
That premier cru means a step down. Amoureuses is the standing counterexample.
Names worth knowing
Christophe Roumier, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Comte Georges de Vogüé, Amiot-Servelle