Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue Musigny Grand Cru Cuvee Vieilles Vignes 2019

Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue Musigny Grand Cru Cuvee Vieilles Vignes 2019

Crafted from old vines, this Musigny Grand Cru 'Cuvee Vieilles Vignes' from Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue is a magnificent wine that showcases the best of Burgundy. On the nose, it offers an intense and complex bouquet of red fruits, black cherry, and subtle floral notes. On the palate, it is full-bodied and rich, with flavors of raspberry, licorice, and a hint of spice. The tannins are perfectly balanced, giving the wine an incredible depth and a long, silky finish. This is a wine that will continue to evolve over time and is a great addition to any cellar.

Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Musigny Grand Cru ‘Cuvée Vieilles Vignes’ 2019 is a red Burgundy from one of the Côte de Nuits’ most legendary Grand Cru sites, made from old Pinot Noir vines in Chambolle-Musigny. It is a rich, layered and profoundly mineral wine—opulent and ripe in youth, with the structure, tension and depth to age for decades.

Technical Details

• Producer: Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé, Chambolle-Musigny, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France

• Wine: Musigny Grand Cru, Cuvée Vieilles Vignes

• Vintage: 2019

• Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir

• Vineyard: Musigny Grand Cru, blended from multiple sub-sections

• Vineyard location: Chambolle-Musigny, Côte de Nuits

• Vine age: Old vines, 40 years and older

• Yield: 24 hectolitres per hectare

• Production: Fewer than 1,000 cases per vintage

• Soil: Thin topsoils over limestone and red clay, at 260–300 metres elevation

• Harvest: Manual, in small boxes

• Fermentation: Spontaneous, with indigenous yeasts, completely destemmed, no punch-downs

• Ageing: Approximately 18 months in French oak barrels, 40–45% new

• Bottle size: 750 ml

• Closure: Natural cork

• Alcohol: 14%

• Critic scores: 95–97/100 — Neal Martin, Vinous; 94–96/100 — William Kelley, Wine Advocate; 96/100 — Allen Meadows, Burghound

• Drinking window: 2029–2050 and beyond

• Serving temperature: 15–17°C

The Producer

Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé is one of Burgundy’s most historic and revered estates, based in Chambolle-Musigny and holding extensive parcels in the Musigny Grand Cru. The domaine is known for its profound, terroir-driven Pinot Noirs that combine aromatic complexity, mineral precision and exceptional ageing potential.

The Musigny Vieilles Vignes is the estate’s flagship wine, assembled from multiple sub-sections of the Grand Cru, including Les Petits Musigny and a significant portion of Le Musigny. Each parcel is vinified separately before blending, allowing the final wine to express the full diversity and complexity of the Musigny terroir.

Vineyard and Terroir

Musigny is one of the great Grand Crus of the Côte de Nuits, located in Chambolle-Musigny and known for producing wines of exceptional finesse, perfume and depth. The vineyard is divided into several sub-sections, each with its own character and contribution to the final blend.

The soils are thin topsoils over limestone and red clay, at 260–300 metres elevation, providing both structure and mineral tension. The 2019 Musigny Vieilles Vignes draws from old vines aged 40 years and older, giving the wine its depth, concentration and complexity.

The 2019 Vintage

The 2019 Burgundy growing season was early, warm and dry, producing physiologically ripe fruit that retained notable tartaric acidity and fine-grained tannins. The resulting wines are opulent and ripe, with a soupçon of exotic fruit—cassis and boysenberry jam—balanced by crushed violet and iodine notes.

The 2019 Musigny Vieilles Vignes is described as having a wondrous nose of crushed strawberry, raspberry compote and light vanilla scents, with supremely well-integrated oak. It is a wine of clarity, concentrated depth and exceptional elegance.

Winemaking and Ageing

The Pinot Noir is hand-harvested in small boxes and fermented with ambient yeasts in wooden vats, completely destemmed and without punch-downs. This gentle approach preserves the wine’s fruit purity and aromatic lift.

The wine is aged for approximately 18 months in French oak barrels, with 40–45% new oak. The final blend is assembled from multiple sub-sections, creating a wine of remarkable complexity and balance.

Tasting Profile

The 2019 Musigny Vieilles Vignes has a wondrous nose of crushed strawberry, raspberry compote and light vanilla scents, with supremely well-integrated oak. On the palate, it is medium-bodied and mineral-driven, with fine tannins, great precision and a vivid, animated finish that fans out gloriously.

Neal Martin describes it as a wine of immense potential, with a mid-palate texture akin to rolling rocks around in the mouth and a finish that just goes on and on. It is a complete and profound wine—majesty itself, as Clive Coates would say.

Aroma and flavour: crushed strawberry, raspberry compote, vanilla, blackcurrant, boysenberry jam, violet, iodine, rose petal and subtle spice.

Palate: medium-bodied, mineral-driven and precise, with fine tannins, vibrant acidity, layered fruit and a vivid, animated finish.

Style: a profound, age-worthy Grand Cru Pinot Noir—opulent and ripe in youth, with the structure, tension and depth to evolve for decades.

Drinking Window

Neal Martin suggests that the 2019 Musigny Vieilles Vignes will drink well from 2029 and last for decades, while William Kelley recommends waiting at least 10 to 15 years. The wine’s richness and structure give it the balance to develop gracefully over the long term.

For current drinking, extensive decanting is recommended. Allow the wine 4–6 hours in a decanter or large Burgundy glass to reveal its full aromatic complexity and mineral depth.

Food Pairing

Serve at 15–17°C with roast duck, pheasant, guinea fowl, venison, lamb or beef in a light red-wine sauce. Its acidity and fine tannins also suit mushroom-based dishes, truffle preparations and semi-aged cheeses such as Époisses, Comté or Cîteaux.

Avoid very spicy or heavily smoked dishes, which can overwhelm the wine’s delicate fruit, floral aromatics and mineral precision.

Collector Note

This is a rare allocation wine from one of Burgundy’s most historic and revered producers, made from old vines in one of the Côte de Nuits’ great Grand Crus. Domaine de Vogüé’s Musigny Vieilles Vignes is produced in limited quantities—fewer than 1,000 cases per vintage—and the 2019 vintage’s exceptional quality has earned it 95–97 points from Vinous and 96 points from Burghound.

The combination of the domaine’s reputation, the legendary Musigny terroir and the richness of the 2019 vintage makes this a compelling long-term proposition for collectors of age-worthy red Burgundy.

Recommended serving: decant for 4–6 hours before serving at 15–17°C; use a large Burgundy glass to allow its perfume, fruit and mineral depth to unfold.