Musigny Grand Cru

Musigny occupies the southern end of the Chambolle-Musigny vineyards, on the slope overlooking the Clos de Vougeot, between the Premier Cru Les Amoureuses and the Grand Cru Échezeaux. Just under 11 hectares, from about 260 to nearly 300 meters in elevation, bring together three climats: Les Musigny, Les Petits Musigny, and part of La Combe d'Orveau. In 1878 Chambolle added the vineyard's name to its own, becoming Chambolle-Musigny.

The vines climb on gradients of 8–14% across a terrace of rocky Jurassic limestone covered by shallow soils. Compared with the neighboring Grands Crus, the soil holds more clay and less limestone, and higher up it is enriched with red clays. Musigny's boundaries were set in 1929, before the AOC system was born; the appellation d'origine contrôlée dates from September 11, 1936.

It is the only Grand Cru in the Côte de Nuits also made as a white: in 2022 Chardonnay covered about two-thirds of a hectare, against some ten hectares of Pinot Noir. The red combines delicacy and structure, with aromas of wild rose, violet, blackcurrant, and raspberry that give way over the years to leather and humus. The white, made in tiny quantities, recalls violet and almond.