2016 Chambolle-Musigny Domaine Hudelot-Baillet

(this produced 19 barrels instead of 34). Relatively firm reduction dominates the nose today though there is good freshness to the dense, serious and mouth coating flavors that possess excellent volume if limited refinement on the slightly rustic finish. This is well-made but it's not a Chambolle of grace and lace. Drink 2026+

The 2016 Chambolle Musigny Vieilles Vignes includes three barrels rescued from the Chambolle Villages. I could not quite read the nose: tight-lipped and not wishing to give anything away. The palate is much more expressive with succulent black cherry and cassis fruit, sweet and a little chewy, a tingle of Sichuan pepper leaving the mouth tingling on the finish, perhaps from the limestone soil. Give it 3 or 4 years in bottle before broaching.