BRUNO CLAIR CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 1ER CRU LES CHARMES 2020

A cold soak before fermentation — followed by 30–50% whole-cluster inclusion and ambient-yeast fermentation in open wood vats with punch-downs — anchors Bruno Clair's approach to this 0.67-hectare parcel of Les Charmes, where vines planted across four generations (1946 through 1980) sit mid-slope at 260 meters on clay-limestone soils with an east/southeast exposure. The domaine farms sustainably with organic practices. Aged 18–20 months in oak barrels with roughly 30% new wood, the 2020 delivers brambly red fruit, leather, and tobacco on a marine-tinged nose, with a sappy, lightly spiced, medium-bodied palate and a firm, classically styled finish.