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Cecile Tremblay, Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Les Feusselottes 2014
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2014 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru les Feusselottes has a very engaging, vivacious bouquet with cold stone/flint scents permeating the red and black fruit - red plum and wild strawberry, later just a hint of violet petals. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin and a lovely seam of acidity that cuts through the mainly dark cherry and boysenberry fruit. Lovely texture here, a little salinity towards the finish, silky smooth and sensual.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
(from 60- and 75-year-old vines; vinified with 40% whole clusters, which is less then usual for this cuvée): Bright, dark red. The most perfumed of these 2014s to this point, offering scents and flavors of black raspberry and violet pastille accented by black pepper. Juicy, shapely and intense, offering excellent delineation and lift. Finishes long and aromatic, leaving the mouth refreshed.
About the Producer
Cecile TREMBLAY descends from a long line of vignerons. The story begins in 1921, with the union of Cécile’s great-grandparents, Edouard Jayer, a cooper in Nuits-Saint-Georges, and Esther Fournier who inherited vineyards from her family. Together they established and developed their own Domaine. The domaine’s vineyards were then eventually passed down to their five children. Renée, the youngest daughter, kept her share of the vineyards under métayage. Later on, Renée’s only daughter, Marie-Annick, grew the family holdings with her husband while keeping all vineyards under métayage. Cécile Tremblay, who had studied enology and viticulture in Dijon, reclaimed the family heritage and took over the management of the vineyards in 2002. A year later, Cécile bottled her first wines, Domaine Cécile Tremblay was born!
