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Wine Description
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 ...
Vintage 1947
The 1947 wine vintage in Burgundy is legendary and universally regarded as one of the greatest, most opulent, and most historic vintages of the 20th century. A scorching, intensely hot summer led to exceptionally high natural sugar concentration and massive fruit extraction, yielding rich, velvety Pinot Noirs with dizzying aromatic complexity. While the extreme heat caused tricky fermentations for many winemakers due to soaring sugars, the res...
