1976 | Comte Georges De Vogue | Musigny Grand Cru

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Red Wine: 1976 | Comte Georges De Vogue | Musigny Grand Cru

Medium red, orange rim, beautiful effusive nose of mature complex Burgundy aromas, some VA, but mostly bright fruit, lean but silky smooth mouth of sour cherry fruit and medium spice, tannins fully resolved.

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Producer: Comte Georges De Vogue

Ratings: WA | 93

Vintage: 1976

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

Medium red, orange rim, beautiful effusive nose of mature complex Burgundy aromas, some VA, but mostly bright fruit, lean but silky smooth mouth of sour cherry fruit and medium spice, tannins fully resolved.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: While not an ardent admirer of the domaine’s wines during the 1970s, the 1976 Musigny Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru showed very well when encountered in Burgundy. Showing commensurate bricking on the rim for its age, it has a sense of warmth on the nose (vestiges of that mercilessly hot summer), with warm bricks/terracotta intermingling with decayed red fruit, tobacco and undergrowth. The palate was fresher than I expected and displayed more finesse than some of the more lauded wines of the 1980s. I liked the balance and harmony on display, the roundness on the sensual, old-fashioned but engaging finish. It is simply a lovely old Musigny.

Producer Information

Domaine Comte Georges de Vog, based in the village of Chambolle-Musigny in Burgundy’s Cte de Nuits, is one of the most famous wine producers in the region. The historic family estate has a lineage dating back almost half a millennium and forms part of the history of the village of Chambolle-Musigny, where it produces elegant wines made from Pinot Noir and, historically, Chardonnay from the Musigny Grand Cru site. The self-proclaimed “Domaine de Musigny”, the estate holds 7.2 hectares (18 acres) of the Musigny Grand Cru vineyard by far the biggest landowner in the 10.8 hectare (27 acre) climat, including all of the Petit Musigny plot at the southern end that directly overlooks the wall and chteau of the Clos de Vougeot. The estate also boasts 2.7 hectares (6.5 acres) of Bonnes-Mares the other grand cru site in the commune of Chambolle-Musigny. Vines are also held in the famous Les Amoureuses Premier Cru vineyard (this amounts to just over half a hectare or 1.4 acres), as well as Les Baudes and Les Fues, although these are often used to make the village-level wine. Musigny’s steep slopes and stony, friable soils, and winemaker Francois Millet’s low-intervention techniques, combine to produce a heavily fragranced wine with notes of violets, raspberries and blackberries. The wine, which is one of the most expensive in Chambolle-Musigny, is highly collectable and has the ability to age for decades.