This is a bottle of Chambolle-Musigny
1er Cru les Amoureuses. I first found out about this vineyard having read about
it in Jancis Robinson's Tasting Pleasure, her memoirs about her life as a wine
critic. She recounted how one Valentine's Day whilst she was at university, she
was taken out by a young man to dinner and they had a bottle of this romantic
sounding wine. The name of the vineyard is the subject of debate, but it seems
that it is not as romantic as it sounds. There does not seem to be any pair of
lovers after whom the place is named. According to Frederic Mugnier, a top
grower of les Amoureuses as well as in Burgundy, the vineyard is named after
the soil which clings to the boot indicating a higher clay content. In Burgundy
as in Touraine, such a soil is called amoureux (loving).
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