A WINE REGION IN FRANCE
Chambolle-Musigny
Silky, aromatic Pinot Noir with red fruit, floral notes, and fine, supple tannin; the benchmark for elegance over structure.
About Chambolle-Musigny
Chambolle-Musigny is a wine region in France, in the Burgundy area (classified AOC). It makes red wine. Our database holds 1,871 wines from here.
The grapes of Chambolle-Musigny
The main grapes are Pinot Noir. The appellation table lists them as: Pinot Noir.
Style in the glass
Silky, aromatic Pinot Noir with red fruit, floral notes, and fine, supple tannin; the benchmark for elegance over structure. It is a cool, dry place to grow grapes.
Climate and soil
Cool continental with marginal ripening. Limestone marl soils on mid-slope with good drainage; produces the most elegant, perfumed expressions of Pinot Noir in Burgundy.
The rules
- Blending: 100% Pinot Noir.
What to eat with Chambolle-Musigny
Roasted duck, chicken in cream sauce, soft cheeses, light game, wild mushroom risotto.
More wine regions in France
Champagne, Meursault, Chablis, Chassagne-Montrachet, Pauillac, Gevrey-Chambertin, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Vosne-Romanée.
Good to know
Confusing Chambolle's silky elegance with lack of age-ability; top Premier Cru and Grand Cru (Musigny) examples age 15–25+ years, developing tertiary complexity.
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