2015 Chambolle-Musigny, Sentiers, 1er Cru, Domaine Michel Magnien

2015 Chambolle-Musigny, Sentiers, 1er Cru, Domaine Michel Magnien

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2015 Chambolle-Musigny, Sentiers, 1er Cru, Domaine Michel Magnien

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Domaine Michel Magnien

Domaine Michel Magnien

Frédéric Magnien’s grandfather, Bernard, owned four hectares of vines but delivered the grapes to the local cooperative. Bernard’s son Michel Magnien, born 1946, added various new vineyards, making a speciality of buying scrubland within the appellation borders and planting it, for example Les Evocelles in Gevrey-Chambertin, Fremières in Chambolle-Musigny and premier cru Les Chaffots in Morey-St-Denis. Only with Frédéric’s arrival was the whole crop bottled at the domaine.

Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director and author of the award-winning Inside Burgundy comprehensive handbook.

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Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.

Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.

The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.

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