The 2015 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1er Cru is showing quite a lot of reduction on the nose, which is quite savory at first, with hints of dried blood infusing the black and blue fruit. The focused, well-balanced palate is full of energy, delivering very fine, supple tannin and a perfectly pitched line of acidity. It doesn’t quite deliver the complexity one would expect, although the finish is undoubtedly refined and persistent. Good potential, but it needs five years in bottle. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.

Bright red-ruby. The nose offers a tight kernel of blackberry, black cherry and crushed stone, along with a brooding medicinal menthol character. Tighter-grained than the Haut-Doix, with its sound acidity accentuated by pungent minerality. Lively and penetrating--even a bit youthfully unyielding (stressed by drought?)--but not dry, with its dark berry flavors showing a distinctly salty element. With its terrific inner-mouth tension, strong impression of extract, and long, mounting finish, this wine will likely need extended aging. Nicolas Groffier noted that he finds this wine harder than the 2005 version and that it reminds him of the 1995.