Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue Musigny Grand Cru Cuvee Vieilles Vignes (6 bottle OWC) 2018

Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue Musigny Grand Cru Cuvee Vieilles Vignes Direct Ex-Domaine. Provenance Guarantee! (6 bottle OWC) 2018

This wine is a true gem and a great opportunity to own a case of untouched wines directly from the chateau. The Musigny Grand Cru 'Cuvee Vieilles Vignes' is crafted from old vines and displays an intense yet elegant bouquet of red berries, blackcurrant, and delicate florals. The palate is full-bodied and complex, with flavors of raspberry, licorice, and a hint of spice. The finish is long and silky smooth, with perfectly balanced tannins. This wine is a great expression of the terroir of Burgundy and a must-have for any serious collector or wine enthusiast.

Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Musigny Grand Cru ‘Cuvée Vieilles Vignes’ 2018 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: 2018

• 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, over 25 years

• 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: 97–99/100 — Neal Martin, Vinous; 94–97/100 — Allen Meadows, Burghound; 95/100 — Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy

• Drinking window: 2028–2050 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 2018 Musigny Vieilles Vignes draws from old vines over 25 years old, giving the wine its depth, concentration and complexity.

The 2018 Vintage

The 2018 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 2018 Musigny Vieilles Vignes is described as even darker than the Bonnes-Mares, with a spectacular bouquet of intense black fruit, blueberries and shucked oyster shells. The mineralité is heightened over the Bonnes-Mares, lending a great deal of precision to the wine.

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 2018 Musigny Vieilles Vignes has a spectacular bouquet of intense black fruit, blueberries and shucked oyster shells, with heightened mineralité lending great precision. On the palate, it is medium-bodied with blueberry, boysenberry and black currant fruit, extraordinary tension, razor-sharp acidity and a dash of white pepper on the crystalline finish.

Neal Martin describes it as one of the finest Musignys he has tasted from barrel at de Vogüé, with a ripe and super-fresh nose of black raspberry, plum liqueur, Asian-style tea and a whiff of incense. The racy, intense and mineral-driven big-bodied flavours retain outstanding delineation and an abundance of palate-soaking dry extract, delivering stunningly good length with a hint of mandarin orange.

Aroma and flavour: blackberry, blueberry, black currant, boysenberry, black raspberry, plum liqueur, Asian-style tea, incense, shucked oyster shell, violet and white pepper.

Palate: medium- to full-bodied, mineral-driven and precise, with razor-sharp acidity, fine tannins, layered fruit and a crystalline 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 2018 Musigny Vieilles Vignes will drink well from 2028 and last for decades, while Allen Meadows notes it will live for decades but is not so backward to preclude approachability after 10–12 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 2018 vintage’s exceptional quality has earned it 97–99 points from Vinous and 94–97 points from Burghound.

The combination of the domaine’s reputation, the legendary Musigny terroir and the richness of the 2018 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.