An expressive and relatively high-toned red and blue berry fruit nose mixed with subtle spice and floral notes offers a clear step up in aromatic complexity while introducing rich naturally sweet intense and sappy flavors that deliver impressive precision and a particularly seductive mouth feel as there is a velvety quality to the beautifully long linear and balanced finish. This is not a dramatic wine in the manner of the two that follow but it quietly delivers excellent quality. Outstanding.

Cocoa powder-dusted ripe black raspberry mingles with dark forest floor elements; roasted subtly caramelized potato skins; and bloody red meat in the fascinating de Vogue 2007 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru. Caressing rounded richness and sheer generosity characteristic for the entire vintage collection at this address by no means precludes admirable buoyancy and intriguing as well as enticing persistence that compels the next sniff and sip. This should be well worth following for at least 6-8 years and will in that course of time doubtless more obviously distance itself from the corresponding village-level bottling. But while I may underestimate its longevity it would I think be a shame if one waited to embrace this Pinot until the youthful bloom was not longer in its cheeks. Unfortunately - a not uncommon circumstance at this address - I was unable to taste the rare de Vogue Les Amoureuses of the vintage.