(also known as the Chateau de Chambolle-Musigny)
Frederic Mugnier had just recently bottled his 1995s when I visited him in June, and he was reluctant to allow me to taste them. Two of the wines were showing admirably well and deserve to be mentioned.
The ruby-colored Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses exhibits delightful aromas of wild strawberries and touches of underbrush as well as an extremely elegant, silky-textured, medium-to-full bodied personality jam-packed with lively cherries, violets, minerals and spices. This superb wine possesses plenty of ripe, round tannins for structure in its beautifully long finish. Drink it between 2001-2009. A Becky Wasserman Selection (Le Serbet) French Fax 011-33-3-80-24-29-70, various American importers, including Esquin Imports, Can Francisco, CA; tel. (415) 398-1200.