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Dreyfus, Ashby & Co. Main Office 630 3rd Ave Adminstration 50 Avon Meadow Lane
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Domaine Comte Georges de
Vogue Vineyards Musigny (Grand cru) 7.25 hectares, Bonnes Mares (Grand cru) 2.66 ha, Chambolle-Musigny 'Les Amoureuses' (Prem Cru) 60 ares, 'Baudes' and 'Fuees' (Prem Cru) 1.8 ha, and small parcel of Village wine. One of the finest of all domains in Burgundy and considered by many to be the greatest in Chambolle-Musigny. The Musigny 'vieilles-vignes' is the jewel in the crown but all their wines are much sought after by our customers. All Musigny vines are at least 45 yrs old. Those that are younger go into their Chambolle-Musigny 'Prem Cru' which is in itself a very good wine. The domaine has been much improved in the last decade by winemaker Francois Millet, and with sales handled by Jean-Luc Pepin. All these activities are based around a very beautiful Chateau and courtyard that date back to the fifteenth century. Underneath lie the cellars. The wines express the very essence of Chambolle-Musigny. Fine, fragrant, and aristocratic wines created by perfectionists. Borugogne Blanc It is the location that is classed as Grand Cru, so red or white (assuming the AOC is in place), if the grapes come from Musigny the resulting wine is entitled to the Musigny label. Robert Parker (Burgundy, 1990) wrote that the Chardonnay vines of Musigny were "planted at the request of the late Comtesse de Vogüé"; at the domaine today there is no direct evidence of that, or an exact planting date, but what is sure is that there was definitely a white Musigny produced as early as the 1930's, so the Comtesse would have been quite young. Today 'only' a Bourgogne blanc is produced, but potentially this is the only Grand cru white from the Côte de Nuits; Clive Coates notes that in the the nineteenth century it was also possible to find Chambertin blanc but the vines were already gone when AOC rules were introduced in the 1930's. This white wine is made from chardonnay vines sited, in two plots, right at the top of the Musigny vineyard. Because there is no such AOC as Chambolle-Musigny Blanc (villages or 1er Cru) if the Musigny Grand Cru label is not used, it follows that the wine must be declassified all the way down to Bourgogne. The 2000 vintage comes from a plot of 0.4 ha, the average age of these vines is currently 14, there are still some vines of 40-45 years but the majority were replanted in 1986, '87 and '91. There is also an additional plot of 0.2 ha which was replanted in 1997. The domaine doesn't yet see sufficient depth and complexity from these vines for the Musigny label, this is despite legally requiring only three years from planting to using a Grand Cru label. They feel that the 2000 wine is some way between a village and a 1er, though 2001 & 2002 in their opinion is firmly at 1er cru quality. Around 20% new wood is typically used for this wine's elevage, a mere 100 cases per year trickle into the market.
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