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1998 Musigny Grand Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Chambolle Musigny

Burgundy

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir

Vintages
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With almost yawn-provoking regularity, Lalou Bize-Leroy continues to fashion some of the most extraordinary red wines that can(not) be found in the marketplace. The often extremely backward '98s should offer lucky owners of these wines a long, classic evolution in bottle. Yields in '98 averaged a microscopic 15 hectoliters per hectare, and grape sugars ranged from 12.3% for the Nuits-Saint-Georges Lavieres to 13.2% for the Corton Renardes. Madame Bize believes that the '97 vintage favored the Cote de Beaune, and perhaps '99 as well, but said that in '98 it's hard to choose between the Cote de Beaune and Cote de Nuits. As I tasted through the '98s, Bize-Leroy compared the wines in quality to her '90s, "but the '98s are a bit more distinguished." She bottled the '97s in December of '98, and was planning to do the same early bottling for the '98s "if the cellar stays cold."