Appellations
Grand Cru · Côte de Nuits
Musigny
Chambolle-Musigny · red and white · 11
The most perfumed red in Burgundy, and the only white grand cru in the Côte de Nuits.
Under the vines
Pale, stony, very low in clay, high on the slope above Clos de Vougeot.
In the glass
Aromatic, silk-textured, fine-grained; power carried lightly rather than displayed.
Why it sits here
Musigny Blanc comes from a small chardonnay planting held by one domaine and is made in tiny quantity.
Commonly misread
That delicacy means lightness. Musigny is concentrated; what it lacks is weight on the palate, not substance.
Names worth knowing
Comte Georges de Vogüé, Christophe Roumier, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Leroy, Drouhin