Hudelot-Noellat Chambolle-Musigny 2024
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The Land
Chambolle-Musigny's reputation for the most perfumed red wine in the Côte de Nuits starts underground. The village sits at the mouth of a narrow combe that channels cool air off the hills, and its slopes are limestone with a stonier, lighter texture than neighboring Vosne or Gevrey. Hudelot-Noëllat builds this village Chambolle-Musigny red wine the traditional way, as a portrait of the whole commune rather than one site: 11 parcels across seven lieux-dits, 0.85 hectare in all, with different exposures that add up to one picture. The light, well-drained clay-limestone soils are why Pinot Noir from Chambolle reads as fragrant and fine-boned rather than broad.
The Wine
Hudelot-Noëllat Chambolle-Musigny 2024 is 100 percent Pinot Noir from vines the domaine puts at about 50 years old, picked and sorted by hand. The fruit is predominantly destemmed with the berries intact and fermented in cement tanks over two to three weeks. The domaine's tech sheet gives 16 months in barrel with 20 percent new oak, enough to frame the fruit without masking it. The 2024 season brought a first mildew attack in May before flowering and a second wave in late June, and a cold, wet flowering left uneven berries and tiny crops across the Côte de Nuits. Potential alcohol was low, and growers chaptalized. The domaine describes this cuvée as bright ruby, with raspberry, cherry, and wild strawberry, violet and peony, fine spice, and silky, fine-grained tannin. Expect that profile with extra freshness in 2024.
The People
When Charles van Canneyt took over from his grandfather Alain Hudelot in 2008, the most visible changes were in the cellar. He gradually replaced the equipment, including a destemmer that drops whole, uncrushed berries into the vats, and cut back on extraction so each site could show through. Fermentation happens in cement tanks, and the barrels come mainly from Cavin, with Cadus in support, resting in a cold cellar that slows the élevage. Vincent Munier, at the domaine since 2005, provides continuity. Charles added a négociant label in 2012, and in 2021 he and his wife, Anne-Sophie, bought Domaine des Chézeaux in Gevrey-Chambertin, which also farms Chambolle Les Charmes. Chambolle, the domaine's home village, is where his lighter touch makes the most sense.
Food Pairing
Chambolle wants food with finesse rather than force. Roast chicken with tarragon butter tucked under the skin matches the wine's floral lift and keeps the tannin in check. Pork tenderloin with a sour cherry and port reduction mirrors the red fruit while the acidity slices through the sauce. Seared rare tuna with a sesame crust and a little soy is a quieter surprise; Pinot Noir with this little tannin will not turn metallic against the fish. A mushroom risotto finished with parmesan and thyme brings out the earthy undertone. This is the red for a long, unhurried Sunday dinner.
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Burgundy, in eastern France, encompasses several subregions, but it is the Côte d'Or that is home to many of the world's most expensive and revered wines. The region, primarily a single east-facing slope, has mixed limestone soils that vary dramatically from village to village and even vineyard to vineyard. White wines, crafted from Chardonnay, range from rich and opulent to lean and intensely mineral, while Pinot Noir produces silky, perfumed red wines of exceptional finesse and complexity. Centuries of winemaking tradition have resulted in every plot being meticulously recognized and scrutinized, making the Côte d'Or a true capital of terroir.
Burgundy - Cote d'Or
Pinot Noir is a thin-skinned, notoriously difficult-to-grow, low-yielding grape that finds its ancestral home in Burgundy, France, where it produces some of the world's most elegant and nuanced wines. While Burgundy remains its spiritual heartland, Pinot Noir has since traveled the globe, finding success in other cooler climates, notably in California, Oregon, New Zealand, and Germany. This grape is a challenge for any grower, as it requires specific conditions to show its best, and yet the wines it produces are capable of such a captivating and singular character.
