Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Les Noirots

Les Noirots lies in the northern sector of Chambolle, flanked by Les Baudes to the north and Les Gruenchers to the south. Ghislaine owns such a tiny parcel of this cru—all of 0.15 hectares—that it was formerly blended into her villages-level Chambolle-Musigny, but she began bottling it separately with the 2017 vintage. Spicy and brooding, “Les Noirots” offers a firmness of structure akin to her Beaux-Bruns, but with less immediate charm; cellaring will certainly help it blossom.