Domaine Jean Marshall Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Les Feusselottes 2023

Country: France 

Region: Burgundy 

1er Cru

Grape: Pinot Noir

vintage : 2023

Farming: Organic 

 Jean Marshall’s father, Tim, an Englishman, was one of the first foreigners to fall in love with Burgundy to the point of settling in and setting out to build a small domaine in the 1960’s

Jean pursued scientific studies and a career as a psychiatric nurse for ten years, until 2019, when he realized that in fact, the vines of his childhood were where his heart was. Jean did a viticulture, winemaking and vineyard management program in Beaune, then worked at Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux for a couple of years in preparation to take back and begin working the family's two hectares of vines.

From the beginning Jean has farmed all of his parcels organically and entirely by hand without tractors. He practices no-till, believing in the benefits and complexity of nurturing the soil’s natural ecosystem

Les Feusselottes is known for having the deepest, richest soils of Chambolle's premiers crus. Marshall's 0.34-hectare parcel encompasses three distinct geological zones: a strip along a limestone fault with very shallow soils and paving-stone-sized blocks, a deeper clay-rich section, and a third zone with clay and small limestone pebbles. This diversity creates natural complexity, with bright fruit from the shallow limestone, deeper structure from the clay, and mineral lift from the pebbles. The vines, planted by Tim Marshall (Jean's father), are over 30 years old. Twenty-three months in sandstone yields powerful notes of red currant, Mirabelle plum, dewy peony, and violet, plus round tannins and a long aromatic finish. Magnificent.