Jacques Frederic Mugnier Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Amoureuses 1998 USA which is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

which is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and usually produces small quantities of less than 300 cases

but with no sense of heaviness

mineral and chalky

Lovely and understated

culminating in a slightly austere and ever-so-mildly dry finish of solid though not exceptional persistence

Jacques Frederic Mugnier Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Amoureuses 1998 USA which is 100% Cabernet SauvignonMugnier made first rate '98s and the Amoureuses is one of the clear successes of the vintage with its higly expressive and wonderfully complex nose that has gone secondary yet remains quite fresh. There is equally good depth to the delicious, intense and overtly mineral driven flavors where the supporting tannins are now mostly resolved though there is a hint of tannic edginess on the gorgeously persistent finish.