2015 Chambolle-Musigny Domaine Hudelot-Baillet

Ripe aromas of black cherry possess a slightly exotic character with additional nuances of orange peel, tea, violet and lavender. The rich and generously proportioned flavors are quite fleshy and seductive thanks to the abundant dry extract that buffers the moderately firm tannins shaping the delicious and solidly persistent finale.

The 2015 Chambolle-Musigny Vieilles Vignes offers a slightly more complex fruit profile over the regular Chambolle, black and red mixed together, blackberry, raspberry coulis, hints of marmalade and orange rind. There's more going on here and the aromatics are more involving. The palate is medium-bodied with a sorbet-fresh opening, lively and tensile with vivid red cherries and blackberry towards the energetic finish. This year, there would seem to be quite a gap between the older and younger vines. This is excellent.

This is tangy, showing density to the cherry, raspberry, earth and spice flavors. The smooth texture and firm, integrated structure complete the picture as this red plays out on the long finish. Best from 2022 through 2038. 62 cases imported. -BS