This is Domaine Perrot-Minot's Chambolle-Musigny premier cru La Combe d'Orveau in its 'Ultra' version, made from the domaine's oldest vines in the plot next to Musigny. The 2010 has now had more than 15 years in bottle, from a small, classically balanced vintage.
About This Wine
La Combe d'Orveau borders Musigny, and Perrot-Minot keeps the lower part of the vineyard, where soils are finer and siltier, for the Ultra bottling. Christophe links that ground to the wine's extra density. 'Ultra' marks very old vines, which crop small and give more concentrated juice. In 2010 a hard winter and poor, drawn-out flowering cut the crop in the Côte de Nuits, often below 30 hl/ha. The reds came out balanced between fruit, tannin and acidity, with more red fruit than black.
Tasting Profile
- Nose: Red cherry and raspberry now joined by rose, sandalwood, undergrowth and a hint of tea.
- Palate: Silky and concentrated, with ripe red fruit, fine tannin and fresh acidity still holding it up.
- Finish: Long and savoury, with a floral, mineral finish.
Serving & Food
In its drinking window now and should hold into the mid-2030s. Stand the bottle up a day ahead, decant gently off any sediment and serve at 16°C in a large Burgundy glass. Roast quail, veal sweetbreads with morels, or Brillat-Savarin work well.
How to Enjoy
Drinkers who enjoy mature Burgundy, or a quiet dinner where the wine is the main event.
Product Details
Producer: Domaine Perrot-Minot
Cuvee: La Combe d'Orveau Cuvee Ultra Vieilles Vignes
Appellation: Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru
Vintage: 2010
Region: Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
Grape: Pinot Noir
Format: 750mL
About the Domaine
The domaine's roots go back to the 19th century, when vineyards held by the Sigaut family of Chambolle and the Morizot family of Morey came together through marriage. The name Perrot-Minot arrived in the 1960s. Christophe Perrot-Minot took charge in 1993 after seven years as a wine broker, and in 2000 he enlarged the estate by buying Domaine Pernin-Rossin.
Christophe is known for strict selection. Pickers sort in the vineyard, then the bunches pass over a hand-sorting table where the finest-looking ones are kept whole, and the destemmed fruit goes through an optical sorter. Ageing is in Rémond barrels for 12 to 14 months, and the wines are bottled without fining or filtration. The domaine is certified organic from 2023.