Under the aegis of estate manager Jean-Luc Pepin, with winemaker François Millet and Eric Bourgogne in the vineyards, Domaine Comte de Vogüé ranks amongst the very best Burgundy houses. Their 1988 Bonnes Mares reveals some herby, undergrowth edge to the nose, with slightly medicinal notes. The palate is spicy and earthy, with great acidity. Quite firm, structured and spicy with a solid tannic structure. Perfumed and eloquent and beautifully evolved.
Producer Information
Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé, based in the village of Chambolle-Musigny in Burgundy’s Côte de Nuits, is one of the most famous wine producers in the region. The historic family estate has a lineage dating back almost half a millennium and forms part of the history of the village of Chambolle-Musigny, where it produces elegant wines made from Pinot Noir and, historically, Chardonnay from the Musigny Grand Cru site.The self-proclaimed “Domaine de Musigny”, the estate holds 7.2 hectares (18 acres) of the Musigny Grand Cru vineyard – by far the biggest landowner in the 10.8 hectare (27 acre) climat, including all of the Petit Musigny plot at the southern end that directly overlooks the wall and château of the Clos de Vougeot.
