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  • Country ranking ?

    532
  • Producer ranking ?

    24
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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The Story

Musigny Grand Cru produces yields one of the best grapes in the entire Burgundy. Its terroir is much more complex than Clos de Vougeot lying just below of it. Musigny is known for its super elegant and feminine characteristics, but this hot vintage gave this fine “lady” some extra muscles that has given an extra dimension to it and structure to last for long.

The village of Chambolle-Musigny lies in the very heart of the Côte de Nuits. The ...

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Vintage 2012

2012 was beset by unusual weather that didn’t spare the vines! A mild winter, spring-like March, cool spring with frosts, summer-like May, cooler, wetter June, a variable summer with heatwaves, hail and storms… Because of the cold damp spring, some of the vine flowers didn’t set and form fruit, there was millerandage (where the flowers aren’t fully fertilised and give small berries) and high pressure from mildew and odium. Temperatures went ri...

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Written Notes

Domaine Leroy Musigny 2012 / A silky, very fine Musigny that whispers and reveals intricate details as the wine swirls in the glass. This is a celebration of flowers, red berry fruits and lovely minerality. This is one of the best Musignys produced in this vintage; a wine that combines both finesse and amazing concentration. Only 2 barrels of this wine was made in 2005.

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Origin

Beaune, Burgundy

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