The Drouhin family’s 2017 Musigny was one of the best wines I tasted on this trip and it is clearly a candidate for wine of the vintage this year! The wine was still in cask and showing brilliant potential at the time of my visit, offering up a celestial bouquet of red and black cherries, black plums, raw cocoa, gamebird, mustard seed, woodsmoke, a nice touch of sweet stems and a refined base of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is deep, pure and utterly refined, with a sappy core of fruit, stunning mineral complexity, fine-grained tannins and utterly superb backend amplitude and precision on the very, very long and elegant finish. Simply gorgeous.

As is often the case chez Drouhin, this possesses the spiciest nose in the range with its aromas of red and dark currant, Asian tea, sandalwood and plenty of floral influence. There is very outstanding depth on the focused and sleekly muscular broad-shouldered flavors that exude a sense of focused power as well as ample minerality before culminating in a strikingly long and well-balanced finish. This is both silky and refined and the natural class of Musigny is very much on parade. Like the Amoureuses, this is a bona fide 'wow' wine that should richly reward extended keeping.

This doesn't quite hit the same heights as the 2015 or 2016 releases - few red Burgundies do - but it's still a very impressive rendition of a grand cru bottling that's always among the highlights of Drouhin's tastings. It's subtle, delicate and refined, with chiselled, chalky acidity, pomegranate and wild strawberry fruit, and some sappy notes from 40% whole bunches. Read more at http://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/france/burgundy/domaine-joseph-drouhin-musigny-grand-cru-burgundy-2017-25860#UU6blHiXUtclHd7J.99

This is a very complex and assertive wine that is so enticingly floral, spicy and fragrant that you can smell earthy notes, as well as sweetly smoky nuances with a full compliment of ripe red cherries and blood-orange zest. The palate has a very plush, very long, deep and powerful style with rich red cherries, framed in effortlessly long, plush and seamlessly ripe tannins. So long, velvety and approachable. It also has the balance and structure to age.

(93 - 95)+ The 2017 Musigny Grand Cru unfurls in the glass with captivating aromas of dried flowers, rose petal, violets and raspberries that mingle with deeper bass notes of espresso roast and raw cocoa. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, satiny and extremely elegant, with terrific depth, concentration and amplitude, framed by rich but powdery tannins and concluding with a beautifully fragrant finish. Unsurprisingly, this is likely the red wine of the vintage chez Drouhin.- WK