2016 Chambolle-Musigny, Les Fuées, 1er Cru, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Burgundy Unit of Measure:1 X 750ML Intense oak and spice on

Intense oak and spice on the nose is matched by lush fruit and an appealingly rich hue

It’s massive but with a rapier-like precision of cool and eucalyptus-fresh Cabernet that takes your breath away

Since then Étienne has found his own voice and made a range of increasingly fine wines

and doesn't follow the pack

wood spice and distillate-driven nuttiness

2016 Chambolle-Musigny, Les Fuées, 1er Cru, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Burgundy Unit of Measure:1 X 750ML Intense oak and spice onFirm reduction dominates the fruit so be sure to decant this if you're going to crack a bottle in its youth. Otherwise there is fine volume and punch to the dense and seductively textured medium bodied flavors that brim with both dry extract and minerality where the latter element really comes up on the saline and beautifully persistent finish where a hint of bitter cherry pit character arises. This is really very good. 91 100, Alan Meadows, Burghound