1 methuselah per lot
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MUSIGNY VIEILLES VIGNES IN GRAND FORMAT: METHUSELAH
VINTAGE 1985 *****
One of my favourite burgundy vintages. Certainly some of my most consistently glowing notes.
The weather conditions were interesting: unprecedented low temperatures in January, snow in February delaying budding but minimising the risk of late frosts. Delayed flowering; June and July were fairly normal but, from the first week in August, heat and drought, then hail storms; 25 of the crop in Aloxe-Corton was destroyed, but survivinge vines produced excellent wines. From 1 September constant sunshine. A ripe, healthy crop and one of the best vintages in most growers' memories.
They demonstrate [as a collective whole] the superiority and extra depth of the grands crus, the quality of the 1er crus as well as, even in a vintage like this one, the variations between village wines.
MB, Vintage Wine
Property of a Gentleman
Recently removed by Christie's from a temperature and humidity controlled, private, below ground level, home cellar.
Musigny, Vieilles Vignes--Vintage 1985
Côte de Nuits, de Vogüé
Level: 2.5cm; domaine embossed wax capsule; serial number 24
1 methuselah per lot
VINTAGE 1985 *****
One of my favourite burgundy vintages. Certainly some of my most consistently glowing notes.
The weather conditions were interesting: unprecedented low temperatures in January, snow in February delaying budding but minimising the risk of late frosts. Delayed flowering; June and July were fairly normal but, from the first week in August, heat and drought, then hail storms; 25 of the crop in Aloxe-Corton was destroyed, but survivinge vines produced excellent wines. From 1 September constant sunshine. A ripe, healthy crop and one of the best vintages in most growers' memories.
They demonstrate [as a collective whole] the superiority and extra depth of the grands crus, the quality of the 1er crus as well as, even in a vintage like this one, the variations between village wines.
MB, Vintage Wine
Property of a Gentleman
Recently removed by Christie's from a temperature and humidity controlled, private, below ground level, home cellar.
Musigny, Vieilles Vignes--Vintage 1985
Côte de Nuits, de Vogüé
Level: 2.5cm; domaine embossed wax capsule; serial number 24
1 methuselah per lot
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner upon initial commercial release