2002 Chambolle-Musigny Vieilles Vignes is a mature, well-done red Burgundy wine made by Geantet-Pansiot. This domaine was originally created in 1954, after the marriage of Edmond Geantet and Bernadette Pansiot. They began with 7 ha of vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin, slowly expanding over the years. Their son Vincent Geantet has been in charge of the winemaking at this domaine since 1989. The 2002 vintage had been a warm, but very good vintage. The malolactic fermentation ended early, and the wine was bottled already in October of that year. When tasting in 2004, Stephen Tanzer criticised that the wine had too strong an oak element – something that we, tasting in 2023, did not find.
Ruby color with a slight grenade reflex, this wine showed beautiful cathedral windows in the glass. We enjoyed this wine in the Manhatta restaurant in New York. They serve the wine in Zalto glasses – very fine and thin, these glasses show the best of the wine. In the nose, there is red fruit, redcurrant, red cherry, some flowery notes. On the palate, the 2002 Chambolle-Musigny Vieilles Vignes is dry, round, fruity, mineral with nicely integrated tannins. A very elegant wine that has obviously benefited greatly from maturing.
