Lucien Le Moine, Chambolle Musigny Amoureuses Vintage:2018 I have long adored the

I have long adored the 2004s from the Côtes des Blancs

Like the other Malbecs from Adrianna Vineyard

The oak is nicely integrated here

An absolutely stunning nose features notes of oak toast

powdery structuring tannins and lively acids

Lucien Le Moine, Chambolle Musigny Amoureuses Vintage:2018 I have long adored theReduction masks the underlying fruit though there is a really lovely inner mouth perfume to the punchy and gorgeously textured middle weight flavors that brim with minerality on the sappy and wonderfully complex finale that flashes first rate length. This firm effort is presently quite compact and a wine that is going to need at least some bottle aging to further flesh out, though it is already very classy.