{"product_id":"domaine-michel-gros-chambolle-musigny-2023","title":"Domaine Michel Gros Chambolle Musigny 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis structured and 'crystalline' red wine originates from France, within the celebrated Chambolle-Musigny A.O.C. appellation of Burgundy's Côte de Nuits. Domaine Michel Gros, a historic estate headquartered in Vosne-Romanée, represents six generations of winemaking heritage. Renowned for capturing the ultimate expression of delicacy and aromatic elegance, the estate’s holdings in Chambolle-Musigny are situated on steep, east-facing slopes where thin, rocky topsoils rest directly upon hard Jurassic limestone and active marl. This highly specific terroir provides natural drainage and reflects ambient heat, allowing Pinot Noir to achieve effortless phenolic maturity while retaining a laser-focused, mouthwatering natural acidity and an unmistakably ethereal floral perfume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWine Description\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2023 Domaine Michel Gros Chambolle-Musigny presents a luminous, brilliant ruby-red color in the glass with shimmering magenta highlights along the rim. Its sensory profile is exceptionally fresh, high-toned, and complex, delivering the signature \"iron fist in a velvet glove\" archetype for which Chambolle is famous. The bouquet opens with a captivating, perfumed display of fresh red raspberries, wild strawberries, and tart red cherries, seamlessly layered with delicate floral undertones of crushed violets, dried rose petals, sweet cinnamon, damp forest floor, and a distinct touch of crushed limestone minerality. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, sleek, and precisely focused, showcasing a succulent, silky core of red stone fruits, blood orange zest, and subtle exotic spices. It is characterized by its outstanding inner energy and an incisive, mouthwatering backbone of natural acidity that drives a weightless, deep development. The mouthfeel is athletic, supple, and gliding, framed by ultrafine, chalky Nebbiolo-like or Pinot Noir tannins that carry into an extraordinarily long, dry, and mineral-driven finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis high-definition Burgundian expression is 100% Pinot Noir, harvested meticulously by hand at peak physiological maturity. Following double sorting at the winery, the fruit was destemmed and underwent a cold pre-fermentation maceration in temperature-controlled vats to extract delicate floral and fruit aromatics. Fermentation proceeded with indigenous and selected yeasts, utilizing gentle pump-overs to preserve purity of fruit. To polish its structural frame while respecting varietal finesse, the wine completed malolactic conversion and was matured for approximately 16 months in French oak barrels (around 30% new wood from renowned coopers). It reaches an effortlessly balanced alcohol content (ABV) of 13.0% to 13.5% and is finished bone-dry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eVintage Quality\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2023 vintage across the Côte de Nuits delivered a classic, high-energy profile for Pinot Noir. Generous sunshine throughout August ensured complete phenolic skin maturation, while cool, clear night winds preserved vital natural acidity and intense floral precursors in the berries. Domaine Michel Gros harvested pristine, healthy fruit with outstanding skin-to-juice balance. The resulting 2023 Chambolle-Musigny combines immediate, perfume-driven charm with a chiseled structural frame, built for delicious drinking upon release or cellaring over the next 8 to 15 years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"300650 - A.C. Wine Syndicate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44152671699031,"sku":"114367","price":178.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2479\/4148\/files\/Domaine-Michel-Gros-Chambolle-Musigny-2023.jpg?v=1786555168","url":"https:\/\/zyn.ca\/products\/domaine-michel-gros-chambolle-musigny-2023","provider":"ZYN THE WINE MARKET LTD.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}