NEW Allocation: Jean-Jacques Confuron 2024's

Few cellars in the Côte de Nuits consistently deliver from top to bottom more so than at Domaine Jean-Jacques Confuron.
Today, the estate is helmed by the talented, towering and youthful Louis Confuron.

Blessed with top parcels in Vosne-Romanée, Chambolle-Musigny, and Nuits-St. Georges, not to mention Clos Vougeot and RSV (104-year-old vines adjacent to Leroy), Louis's job is almost done for him, as his winemaking philosophy emphasizes terroir expression through minimal intervention in the cellar.

We also have his mother, Sophie, to thank for the domaine's choice holdings. Her inheriting these vines from her maiden family (Noëllat), along with select portions then sold to Leroy, now show Confuron, Leroy, and Hudelot-Noëllat parcels side by side in several of the appellations. Confuron farms organically (since 1990), Leroy farms biodynamically, and Hudelot-Noëllat farms conventionally -- making it fascinating to see the nuanced differences in their respective wines.

The wines are brilliant examples of the concept of “power without weight”, with a great depth of flavors wrapped up in refinement. As we continue to visit and taste with Louis, we notice his confidence inch higher with every vintage, as his whole-cluster style gains catches wine lovers more and more.

2024 Jean-Jacques Confuron Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru
JM94-97
"Half a crop could be made, amounting to 3.5 barrels. A glowing purple with a ruby edge. The Romanée St-Vivant shows plenty of fruit concentration with a slight reduction and a little oak. There is significant density on the palate, with a deep plum character behind the red berries. A mineral freshness behind, altogether this is hanging together nicely. Drink from 2034-2040." -Jasper Morris

2024 Jean-Jacques Confuron Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
JM93-95
"Mid purple. The nose shows quite a strong reduction, which does not stop the palate delivering a powerful, almost rugged weight of fruit, with fair length and not too much tightened up at the back. If and when this reduction disappears, a fourth star is in the running. Drink from 2032-2038." -Jasper Morris

2024 Jean-Jacques Confuron Vosne-Romanee 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts
JM92-94
"A lively crimson purple. A light reduction which barely masks the fruit. Typically Vosne otherwise, with an intensity of pure red berry fruit and a hint of spice. A fair depth of flavour here, in a style that suggests longer elevage will be of value. A long finish. Drink from 2030-2036" -Jasper Morris

2024 Jean-Jacques Confuron Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Aux Boudots
JM92-94
"More ruby than purple. A fresher raspberry fruit on the nose, medium ripeness, red fruit energy, as much acidity as tannin the balance, the fruit driving on well to a long finish. The more successful of the two this year. Two barrels made, one of them new so the oak has an effect while the wine is young. Drink from 2030-2036."
-Jasper Morris

2024 Jean-Jacques Confuron Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru
JM91-93
"Mostly from Chatelots with a smidgin of Feusselottes. Deepish ruby to purple, just a fraction softer in fruit on the nose, yet still with generosity. Plumper through the middle raspberry and strawberry, not quite the precision perhaps. Drink from 2029-2035."

2024 Jean-Jacques Confuron Chambolle-Musigny
JM88-90
"More crimson than ruby, and has now taken on a light reduction. Dark fruited once again on the palate, with more tannins than one might expect on the palate. A little dark strawberry too. Not all that obviously Chambolle. Drink from 2028-2031."
-Jasper Morris

2024 Jean-Jacques Confuron Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Fleurieres
JM88-91
"Middling purple. Some density, with more evident structure on the nose. Blackcurrants as well as raspberry, a firm intensity. Not quite so harmonious yet as the Côte de Nuits-Villages. Drink from 2028-2031."
-Jasper Morris

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