Anne Gros Chambolle Musigny La Combe d'Orveau 2023

CRITICAL ACCLAIM:

“Chambolle Combe d'Orveau is a brilliant site in warmer years such as 2022. It lies at the bottom of the valley and is nearly always the last parcel to be picked. In 2022, it has delivered a wine of great freshness and perfume, with bright pomegranate and cranberry fruit, a hint of tea and fresh flowers, and a bracing minerality. The texture is light and fine. Half of the fruit is 40-year-old vines; half was planted in 2016. Despite their youth, these vines are superior plant material and are already giving the best wines.” - 94 PTS, CLAIRE COCKS, DECANTER (11/2023)

IMPORTER NOTES:

TASTING: “Aromas of violets, red plums, red cherries and spice notes. Medium-bodied, suave and silky; light peppery finish. (Pair with) aged local French cheese; charcuterie; pork sausages with herbs.”

VINEYARDS: “Estate vines (average age 25 years) total just over one acre in villages-level vineyard “La Combe d’Orveau,’ at the southern limit of Chambolle, near the border with Vosne-Romanée. Facing east; part of a small valley (“combe”) that spills into grand cru vineyards Echezeaux, Grands-Echezeaux and Clos Vougeot. ‘Orveau’ is a stony plot, with alluvial material and white marne. (Note: the French word “orveau” is believed to come from the original phrase, “val d’or” or small, golden valley)."

WINEMAKING: "Hand-harvested. Destemmed; fermented on indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks. Aged in French oak barrels: one-third new, one-third one-year and one-third two-year barrels.

ABOUT THE PRODUCER: “Subtle, harmonious, supple—Burgundy from Domaine Anne Gros is intimately tied with the elegant, poised character of wines from Vosne-Romanée. While each cru faithfully reflects its terroir, it is terroir as translated through Gros’ expert touch, offering richer aromatics, rounder curves, silkier tannins. The combination is irresistible, so much so that Gros’ limited production is snapped up by global collectors faster and faster each vintage. Anne Gros simply is one of the top winemakers in Burgundy today, which explains why her wines have inspired such a cult-like following. Importantly for us, Gros personifies the sort of winemaker with whom we have always sought to work: an artisan with a clear vision of her terroir and talents, and the grace to be humble despite the weight of Burgundian tradition and family history. Anne Gros took over her father’s winery (Domaine François Gros) in the late 1980s.”