Vogüé Musigny Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes 2023

97-99 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "I tasted the 2023 Musigny Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru both as components from the seven different cuvées that make the final blend and as an approximation of the final blend itself. This has exquisite delineation on the nose: blackberry, raspberry, crushed stone and touches of undergrowth—very harmonious. The palate is medium-bodied, tightly wound and linear, with a sense of symmetry on the entry. But of all the Musigny tasted from barrel in 2023, this has perhaps the most nascent freshness, tension and complexity on the finish. A sense of completeness. Outstanding. Drink: 2030-2070. (Jan 2025)"

95-98 points Jasper Morris (Inside Burgundy): "I asked for the blend rather than tackling the individual components. A fine bright rich purple. An exquisite bouquet, still a baby but you can feel that there is a multitude of detail to follow. The fruit flows exquisitely across the palate. There is some barely ripe redcurrant fruit, a wealth of fresh raspberry and strawberry, then some darker fruit, a perfect poise and balance with tannin and acidity, and exquisite length. This is growing on me in steady stages. Resonance is the word, thinks Jean Lupatelli. Drink from 2033-2048. Tasted Nov 2024."

97 points Christy Canterbury, MW (TimAtkin.com): "Deeply colored, the flavors and structure are just as imposing. The richness of the year is clearly imprinted on the wine, as is the winemaking know-how. Black cherry and blueberry compote, incense, woodsy spice and musk drive this impressive aromatic dimension. The tannins are firm, brooding and somewhat strapping, and they are nicely matched by vivacious, bustling acidity. Crafted with the utmost precision, Jean always separates out seven parcels and usually has one or two of mixed vines. This simply needs time, as the wines of this cellar typically do. (Jan 2025)"

95-97 points/ 'Don't Miss!' Allen Meadows (Burghound): "A more restrained if just as pretty and equally perfumed nose displays a similar array of red and dark cherry, exotic jasmine tea and dried orange peel along with a hint of sandalwood. On the palate the broad-shouldered and even more concentrated flavors manage the trick of being more powerful but also more refined with an almost aggressive minerality that seems to build in intensity on the compact, youthfully austere and massively long finale. This is however exceptionally firm and is very much a 'buy and forget you own it' wine. In a word, superb. Drink: 2043+. (Jan 2025)”

96 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The inherent sappiness of the best red wines of 2023 is still very much on display in the Musigny “Vieilles Vignes” here, as the wine remains still in barrel. The bouquet is pure, complex and utterly refined, wafting from the glass in a mix of red and black plums, black cherries, gamebird, coffee bean, chalky minerality, iron, woodsmoke, cedary oak and a lovely, complex floral topnote redolent of both roses and peonies. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, deep and suavely structured, with a beautiful sappy core of fruit, great soil signature and grip, ripe, buried tannins, good acids and a very, very long, pure and complex finish. A superb bottle of Musigny in the making. 2040-2100. (Jan/Feb 2025)"

95-96 points William Kelley (Wine Advocate): "The 2023 Musigny Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru, which we tasted from a variety of sub-parcels, is very promising, mingling aromas of dark berries and cherries with notions of orange zest, rose petals, incense and iris. Medium to full-bodied, cool and layered, with a rich core of fruit framed by ultra-refined tannins, it's suave and harmonious, with a long, fragrant finish. This accomplished Musigny only confirms that de Vogüé is performing on a high level today. (Jan 2025)"

95 points/'Outstanding,' Steen Öhhman (Winehog): "The Musigny is vinified into sections within the parcel: seven sections of Musigny, and an eighth which produces the Chambolle 1er Cru. The de Vogüé holdings are divided among four plots in Petit Musigny, and four in the main part of Musigny. There are large differences among the plots, and I have not yet tasted the assembled wine. This sample is from the upper northern part … close to the Roumier section. It is on the riper side, but the freshness seems maintained. Let’s see the final blend. Drink from 2039. (1/22/25)"

18+/20 points Matthew Hayes (JancisRobinson.com): "De Vogüé have a substantial 70% of this 10.85-ha (26.8-acre) grand cru. Average vine age is 65 years, with a range from 25 to 90 years old. Mid ruby. Very floral with medium body and an intensely graceful character. A nose of cherries, strawberries and raspberry is complexed by wafts of woodsmoke. There is a cool intensity to the rich fruit. Everything is understated and fine. Medium body, balanced crisp acidity and barely apparent, gossamer tannins. The epitome of Chambolle-Musigny. There is, however, substantial length and depth. Drinking Window: 2033-2050. (Dec 2024)"