Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue Musigny Grand Cru Cuvee Vieilles Vignes 2020

Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue Musigny Grand Cru Cuvee Vieilles Vignes 2020

This Musigny Grand Cru 'Cuvee Vieilles Vignes' from Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue is a stunning wine that reflects the terroir of Burgundy. On the nose, it offers an intense and complex bouquet of red and black fruits, floral notes, and a hint of spice. On the palate, it is full-bodied and rich, with flavors of raspberry, blackcurrant, and a subtle touch of oak. The tannins are firm but well-structured, giving the wine an incredible depth and a long, silky finish. This wine is still young and will continue to evolve over time. It is a great investment for any serious collector or wine enthusiast.

Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Musigny Grand Cru ‘Cuvée Vieilles Vignes’ 2020 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: 2020

• 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, averaging 41–45 years

• Yield: 24 hectolitres per hectare

• Production: Approximately 4,500 bottles

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

• Harvest: Manual, in small boxes

• Fermentation: Spontaneous, with indigenous yeasts, approximately 50% whole cluster

• Extraction: Gentle, favouring pump-overs over punch-downs

• Ageing: Approximately 18 months in French oak barrels, 30–35% new

• Bottle size: 750 ml

• Closure: Natural cork

• Alcohol: 14%

• Critic scores: 97/100 — Allen Meadows, Burghound; 93–95/100 — Neal Martin, Vinous (barrel score)

• Drinking window: 2025–2045 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 2020 Musigny Vieilles Vignes draws from old vines averaging 41–45 years, giving the wine its depth, concentration and complexity.

The 2020 Vintage

The 2020 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 2020 Musigny Vieilles Vignes is described as departing winemaker François Millet’s final vintage, with a fragrant nose of mainly red fruit, redcurrant and wild strawberry, intermixed with light cassis, violet and peony scents. 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, with approximately 50% whole clusters. Extraction is gentle, favouring pump-overs over punch-downs, preserving the wine’s fruit purity and aromatic lift.

The wine is aged for approximately 18 months in French oak barrels, with 30–35% new oak. The final blend is assembled from multiple sub-sections, creating a wine of remarkable complexity and balance.

Tasting Profile

The 2020 Musigny Vieilles Vignes has a fragrant nose of mainly red fruit, redcurrant and wild strawberry, intermixed with light cassis, violet and peony scents. On the palate, it is medium-bodied with firm tannins, taut and fresh, quite saline with a lot of structure on the finish.

Allen Meadows describes a fresh mulberry nose reminiscent of the initial Chambolle wine, on the cusp of being too flamboyant. The wine is dense yet floating on the palate, with vibrant acidity and silky fine tannins, and a long, mineral-driven finish.

Aroma and flavour: redcurrant, wild strawberry, cassis, boysenberry jam, violet, peony, iodine, mulberry and subtle spice.

Palate: medium-bodied, taut and fresh, with firm tannins, vibrant acidity, saline minerality and a long, structured 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

Allen Meadows awards the 2020 Musigny Vieilles Vignes 97 points, suggesting it should be kept for twenty years to fully appreciate its potential, though it could be drunk already thanks to its silken texture. 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—approximately 4,500 bottles per vintage—and the 2020 vintage’s exceptional quality has earned it 97 points from Burghound.

The combination of the domaine’s reputation, the legendary Musigny terroir and the richness of the 2020 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.