2005 Lucien Le Moine, Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru, Les Charmes 1x750ml

Robert Parker 92

The Le Moine 2005 Chambolle-Musigny Les Charmes leads with aromas of red currant, sour cherry, vanilla and sweet, musky flowers. Suggesting silkiness on the palate, it displays utmost purity of ripe yet refreshing fruit, then finishes with ginger spice, chalk, salts, red berry sweetness, and a faintly bitter fruit skin edge and touch of roughness. I suspect this might be even better than its showing today suggests, given it has been in bottle only two weeks. Saouma insists that a seam of clay Charmes has in common with Clos Vougeot always makes for a bit more prominent tannin in the wines early days.

Importer: Vintus, Pleasantville, NY; tel. (919) 769-3000 [David Schildknecht, 29/06/2007]