Philippe Cheron is one of the most exciting winemakers in our portfolio. He’s not new to the job – indeed he’s spent his life making wine around the Côte d’Or. But his newly created Domaine du Couvent, a combination of his family plots and the old Domaine des Varoilles, is an outstanding collection of properties, and Cheron himself is a master.
He told us that Chambolle has always been his favorite town, and so when the opportunity arose to acquire some vines there last year he jumped at the chance. Cheron’s newest cuvée is Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru “les Fuesselottes,” and even though he had to give up some Grand Cru Charmes-Chambertin wines to get it, we’re awfully glad he did.
The inaugural vintage 2021 Couvent Fuesselottes is magnificent, with distinctly floral aromas of violets and briary blackberries. Burghound awarded 90-93 points, as well as his “outstanding” distinction, finding “a wafting, airy and elegant nose [that] displays perfumed notes of rose petal, herbal tea, spice and essence of red cherry.” He concluded: “This is classic Feusselottes.”
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Couvent Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru
“Fuessellotes” 2021
bottle price: $150
2+ bottle price: $127.50 (use code FRIDAY)