Domaine Robert Groffier Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses 2026

The recipe for both 2022 Amoureuses wines is 30% new wood and 100% whole bunches. The Grâce des Argiles comes from the bottom section of the vineyard, grown on red clay. A solid rich bouquet yet absolutely with its seductive charm. A velvet covering on a big frame with a delicious richness of fruit without losing the precision of the year. A superb fruit weight, yet with energy from a sufficiently mineral acidity to finish. (98) JASPER MORRIS MW
 
Nicolas Groffier knows his Amoureuses - his domaine is the largest owner. From 2022, he will separate the portion just below Musigny, with sandier soils, from the rest, which he calls 'normal Amoureuses' from the bottom of the steep slope to the flat part next to Musigny. The grapes are entirely fermented as whole clusters but with gentle extraction and almost no punching down. The result is a deep blackberry fruit with hints of bramble, earth, and mint; the texture is firm, dense, and tannic. (96) CHARLES CURTIS MW, Decanter
 
Airy, floral, ultra-pretty aromatics. Beautiful in the mouth, supported by a small grain of tannin but with fine fluidity and I come back to this word again - precision. BILL NANSON, Burgundy Report

WORTH A SPECIAL SEARCH - Width of high-toned aroma - perfume - a hint more herbed greenery in this complexity. Wow texture and flavour mobility - that's a great wine in the mouth. Sinuous, almost sensual, fading in a fine and quite mineral width. It's a nose short of being a great wine yet this is still clearly a great one! BILL NANSON, Burgundy Report
 
A fine deep purple. Plumper softer richer on the nose at first sniff but very soon develops a depth and a refinement, with darker fruit. The 2021 reminds Nicolas of the 2006 Amoureuses. Lower acidity helps give the impression of sumptuousness, and the light astringency of the vinification adds the necessary tension. Gorgeous aftertaste (95) JASPER MORRIS MW

One third new wood. A rich deep dark purple. Plenty of depth, a rounded style, dark fruit but short of black, dark raspberry, medium plus concentration. Significant energy further back on the palate, now a redder style of fruit, good acidity, alongside the comfortable pillow of Amoureuses. (97) JASPER MORRIS MW
 
Nicolas Groffier has separated the part of the vineyard that slopes quickly down to the source of the Vouge where the soils are clay and marl, and not the Premeaux limestone prominent on the upper part. This section has given a deeply-coloured wine that is initially a bit closed on the attack but opens up on the palate with lush aromas of mulberry fruit, smoke, spice and earth. The texture is powerful and muscular. Fermented mostly as whole clusters and is now ageing in one-third new casks. (96) CHARLES CURTIS MW, Decanter
 
The 2023 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1er Cru, which was bottled just before Christmas, has a delightful bouquet, very pure with macerated Morello cherries, raspberry and veins of blueberry-quintessential Amoureuses. The palate is stylish on the entry with pliant tannins, but there is tangible weight and density (albeit not to the degree of more concentrated vintages). Delivering impressive complexity towards the finish, this is a wonderful Chambolle from Nicolas Groffier, an Amoureuses to fall in love with. (97) NEAL MARTIN
 
The southern Amoureuses, is showing very well in 2023. It is like the previous vintages- more complete, and perhaps fuller than the Amoureuses produced solely from the limestone top of the vineyard. This has very good intensity and concentration- great for collectors who are not mineral fanatics. A vin d emotion. Different notes and flavours, but it works very well indeed. Drink from 2034. WINEHOG