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Jacques Prieur, Musigny Grand Cru 2015
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Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
(13.8% alcohol): Deep red with ruby tones. Brooding aromas of black cherry, blueberry and chocolate are ripe and powerful but less expressive today than the Echézeaux and more marked by the vintage's solaire character (the pH is also a bit higher than that of the Echézeaux, as there's significantly less tartaric acidity here). Dense and velvety-thick; a clearly warmer style than the Echézeaux, with its black fruit and mineral flavors showing a chocolatey ripeness. A bit clenched and monolithic for young Musigny, finishing with building tannins and terrific length, this tight ball of a wine will need a long time in the cellar to express itself fully. But will it ever display the class of the Echézeaux?
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
(Gublin vinified this cuvee with 15% whole clusters for the first time, as the grapes were so magnificent): Bright red-ruby. High-pitched, soil-driven perfume of raspberry, iron and wild herbs. Tightly wound but already seamless and brilliantly juicy, conveying great urgency to its flavors of crushed dark berries, spices and minerals. At once layered and penetrating, this infant Musigny finishes with building palate- and tooth-saturating tannins and great energy and length. Leaves behind a piquant note of curry powder in the empty glass.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2015 Musigny Grand Cru perhaps somewhat predictably has the most sophisticated bouquet amongst Prieur's red wines, with mulberry and blackberry notes infused with cold stone and subtle sous-bois aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with supple ripe tannin that feel quite "bony" at the moment, although it will mellow and gain more harmony. There is very fine focus on the finish with attractive salinity on the finish. Afford this a decade in the cellar if you can.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2015 Musigny Grand Cru perhaps somewhat predictably has the most sophisticated bouquet amongst Prieur's red wines, with mulberry and blackberry notes infused with cold stone and subtle sous-bois aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with supple ripe tannin that feel quite "bony" at the moment, although it will mellow and gain more harmony. There is very fine focus on the finish with attractive salinity on the finish. Afford this a decade in the cellar if you can.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
(13.8% alcohol): Deep red with ruby tones. Brooding aromas of black cherry, blueberry and chocolate are ripe and powerful but less expressive today than the Echézeaux and more marked by the vintage's solaire character (the pH is also a bit higher than that of the Echézeaux, as there's significantly less tartaric acidity here). Dense and velvety-thick; a clearly warmer style than the Echézeaux, with its black fruit and mineral flavors showing a chocolatey ripeness. A bit clenched and monolithic for young Musigny, finishing with building tannins and terrific length, this tight ball of a wine will need a long time in the cellar to express itself fully. But will it ever display the class of the Echézeaux?
About the Producer
HISTORY Domaine Jacques Prieur's mythical story started on February 24th, 1868, with the wedding, in Bligny-les-Beaune, of Claude Duvergey (22 years old) and Marie Taboureau (19 years old). Marie was born in Bligny in 1848 and Claude in Meursault in 1845. Their parents were winegrowers. Claude founded the Duvergey-Taboureau House and thrived in the wine and spirit trade, without investing directly, at first, in viticulture. In 1879, he acquired the property of "Les Herbeux" in Meursault, current heart of Domaine Jacques Prieur... and started buying vineyards. He then made a risky bet with the arrival of the terrible phylloxera in Côte d'Or. However, his choices would finally make him a visionary thanks to the use of American plants as cure. In 1889 he acquired the famous Clos de Mazeray Monopole (Meursault), a parcel of Volnay Santenots, 4.5 ha (11 ac) of Clos Vougeot and 2 lots in Chambolle-Musigny. In 1890 he became the sole owner of the prestigious Clos des Santenots in Volnay, 1.5 ha (3.7 ac) of Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes and 0.45 ha (1.1 ac) of the mythical Montrachet (notably supplemented by the "Dent de Chien" parcels in 1891 and 1892). He then ran his trade business in the Château de Bligny bought in 1890 for his wife. Without any direct heir, both spouses would turn to the Taboureau family side. Thus they married in 1891 Hélène Taboureau (Marie's niece) and a well-born young man from Beaune, Henri Prieur (itinerant salesman). They benefited from a very advantageous marriage contract including some goods but especially the promise of a profit-sharing in the Duvergey-Taboureau's trade. Jacques Prieur was born on January 31st, 1893, from the union of Hélène and Henri. The estate kept growing in 1895 with a new acquisition in Musigny and a swap between a plot of Clos Vougeot and parcels of Chambertin and Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze. In 1899, Claude Duvergey added Volnay Champans to its collection and in 1907, Chevalier-Montrachet. He died on March 9th, 1920, and bequeathed all of his property to Jacques Prieur (his wife remaining stakeholder). Soon after, the latter married Madeleine Darnat, daughter of sheets merchants from Lyon. In 1924, Jacques Prieur and comte Jules Lafon instituted the famous "Paulée de Meursault" in order to celebrate the end of harvests with all winegrowers from the village. Marie Duvergey-Taboureau died in 1935 and definitely left the estate to Jacques Prieur. Co-founder of the legendary Chevaliers du Tastevin, he gave his name to the estate in 1956. He died in 1965 and his wife in 1974, leaving the winery to their 6 children. In 1988, in order to avoid selling the winery to foreign shareholders, 5 important French families united, among them Labruyère Family, winegrowers and entrepreneurs from South Burgundy. In the 1990s the Grands Crus of Corton-Bressandes and Corton-Charlemagne would enrich the mosaic of terroirs of the estate. Today leading this jewel of Burgundy, Labruyère Family, supported by Prieur Family's heirs, promotes and defends, every single day, the great terroirs of Burgundy, worldwide
