FLOAT 100 · Wine · No. 20
Domaine Georges & Christophe Roumier Musigny Grand Cru 2015
From a tenth of a hectare of Chambolle's greatest vineyard came about a barrel and a quarter of wine in 2015, and the critic who tasted it from barrel called it possibly the peak of the vintage.
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- Domaine Georges & Christophe Roumier
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- Domaine Georges Roumier (Domaine G. Roumier), Chambolle-Musigny, Burgundy
- Vineyard
- Musigny Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits
- Parcel
- About 0.10 hectare, bought outright by Jean-Marie Roumier in 1978 after years of sharecropping
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Winemaker
- Christophe Roumier, grandson of the founder
- Made in 2015
- 'Just one barrel and a quarter for the world,' per Neal Martin
- Winemaking
- About two-thirds whole clusters in 2015, per Stephen Tanzer
- Alcohol
- 13.1% per Tanzer's note; retail listings show 13.5%
- Vines
- Nearly a century old, per the domaine; vines dating to 1934, per another account
A dowry in Chambolle
The domaine began in 1924, when Georges Roumier, from the Charolais region of southern Burgundy, married Genevieve Quanquin of Chambolle-Musigny and settled in the village. In the domaine's own telling, her family handed him the keys to vines in remarkable sites: Bonnes-Mares, Musigny and the premier cru Les Amoureuses. Roumier was a pioneer of bottling at the estate at a time when merchants dominated the trade, and he began bottling under the domaine's own label in 1945.
The estate grew in the 1950s. In 1952 it added Bonnes-Mares and two parcels of Clos de Vougeot, and in 1953 it bought the 2.5-hectare Clos de la Bussiere, a walled premier cru monopole in Morey-Saint-Denis, from the Bettenfeld family. Georges retired in 1961 and his son Jean-Marie formally succeeded him; Georges died in 1965. Jean-Marie added a 0.2-hectare parcel of Corton-Charlemagne in 1968 and a sharecropping arrangement in Ruchottes-Chambertin in 1977.
In 1978 Jean-Marie bought a parcel of Musigny of about one-tenth of a hectare. The family had worked Musigny before that under metayage, the Burgundian sharecropping system, and the purchase turned that arrangement into ownership. Today the domaine farms more than 12 hectares and keeps its old vines by replacing dead vines one at a time rather than replanting whole parcels; it says its Musigny and Les Amoureuses parcels carry vines that are close to a hundred years old.
Le Musigny
Musigny is a grand cru vineyard within the commune of Chambolle-Musigny, south of the village, bordered by Clos de Vougeot, Echezeaux and Les Amoureuses. Its name comes from the de Musigny family, now extinct, who held offices at the court of the Dukes of Burgundy from the 14th century. Its boundaries were fixed in law in 1929, and the appellation was created in 1936. It is the only grand cru in the Cote de Nuits that makes both red and white wine, though red accounts for more than 90 percent.
In 2008 about 10.32 hectares were in production, yielding the equivalent of about 41,000 bottles, 38,000 of them red. The largest holder is Comte de Vogue, where Georges Roumier's eldest son Alain worked as director from 1955. Roumier's share is tiny: one encyclopedia says Roumier and Leroy each make fewer than 300 bottles a year, an auction house guide says a few hundred, and another describes a typical vintage as 'little over a barrel.'
In 2015 the domaine made one barrel and a quarter, according to Neal Martin. For scale, the critic Claude Kolm reported that the 2022 Musigny filled two barrels, about 600 bottles. The domaine's other top wines are made in much larger amounts: its Bonnes-Mares, enlarged to 1.89 hectares in 2016 when an investor bought about half a hectare for a reported 18 million euros and leased it to Roumier, filled 30 barrels in 2022.
Christophe Roumier
Christophe Roumier, born in 1958, studied oenology in Dijon and joined his father in 1981. From the 1983 vintage the domaine bottled its entire harvest itself. Accounts differ on when he took charge: the domaine says he has carried on the family work since Jean-Marie retired in 1990, while other sources give 1982, 1984 or 1992. His sister Delphine also works at the domaine.
He names four Burgundy winemakers as formative influences: Henri Jayer, Jacques d'Angerville, Gerard Potel of Pousse d'Or and Jacques Seysses of Dujac. His stated philosophy is about place rather than grape: 'We don't make Pinot Noir; we make wines from terroir which expresses itself through Pinot Noir.' The domaine stopped using chemical fertilizers in 1988 and herbicides in 1989, and it farms without organic certification.
In the cellar the domaine describes a light hand: partial destemming, native yeasts only, a gentle maceration of 20 to 23 days on average and limited new oak. In a 2009 interview Roumier said Musigny was the exception to his usual destemming, keeping some stems, and Stephen Tanzer reported that the 2015 was made with about two-thirds whole clusters. Christophe considers Musigny the greatest grand cru of the Cote d'Or, though he has said his Bonnes-Mares is more consistent.
2015 in the Cote de Nuits
The 2015 growing season in Burgundy had no frost damage and only one hailstorm in the Cote d'Or, on May 20, which barely touched Puligny-Montrachet. Flowering was early and quick. A naturally small fruit set and a dry, often hot summer kept the crop small; July's heat wave slowed the change of grape color, especially in the Cote de Nuits, before welcome rain in August. Tasters remarked on the summer's unusual brightness, with clear skies rather than heavy heat.
Low yields and warm weather produced ripe, small berries and an early harvest, and comparisons with 2005 began early. Reviewing the reds three years on, one Burgundy specialist wrote that Chambolle-Musigny 'excelled especially at Grand Cru level.' The same year UNESCO added the Climats, the named vineyard plots of Burgundy, to its list of protected world sites.
Neal Martin tasted the Roumier Musigny from barrel for the Wine Advocate in December 2016 and scored it 99-100: 'The 2015 Musigny Grand Cru has a bouquet that will make you want to cry (with joy).' He compared it with the 2005 Musigny from barrel, said it 'might be even better,' and wrote that it 'may represent the peak of the 2015 Burgundy vintage.' Allen Meadows of Burghound scored it 96-99 from barrel in January 2017 and 98 a year later. Stephen Tanzer, for Vinous, gave it 96+ in January 2018 and wrote that only the very best wines could match it for depth of flavor, finesse of texture and nobility of tannins.
One of Burgundy's rarest bottles
Roumier's Musigny is mentioned alongside Domaine de la Romanee-Conti and Domaine Leroy among the most sought-after and expensive wines of Burgundy. Because so little is made, the 2015 seldom appears for sale, and when it does it comes one or two bottles at a time.
Two bottles of the 2015 sold at auction in Hong Kong on November 25, 2023, for 225,000 Hong Kong dollars. A single bottle was offered at auction in September 2025 with an estimate of 85,000 to 120,000 Hong Kong dollars, and another single bottle, in its original wooden case, was offered at auction in September 2026 with an estimate of $10,000 to $15,000.
Every Roumier bottle now carries an RFID chip that can be read by phone through an authentication app, according to one producer guide. Buyers should also know the labels: wines from the vineyards the domaine owns, including Musigny, appear as Domaine G. Roumier, while some sharecropped grand crus are sold under the name Christophe Roumier.
The numbers
- Musigny grand cru
- About 10.32 ha in production (2008)
- Roumier parcel
- About 0.10 ha
- 2015 production
- About one barrel and a quarter, per Neal Martin
- Domaine size
- More than 12 ha
- Wine Advocate
- 99-100 from barrel (Neal Martin, December 2016)
- Burghound
- 98 (Allen Meadows, January 2018); 96-99 from barrel (January 2017)
- Vinous
- 96+ (Stephen Tanzer, January 2018)
Timeline
Georges Roumier marries Genevieve Quanquin and settles in Chambolle-Musigny, founding the domaine.
The boundaries of Musigny are fixed in law.
The Musigny appellation is created.
Georges Roumier begins bottling under the domaine's own label.
The domaine adds Bonnes-Mares and two parcels of Clos de Vougeot.
The domaine buys the Clos de la Bussiere monopole in Morey-Saint-Denis.
Jean-Marie Roumier formally succeeds his father.
Georges Roumier dies.
A 0.2-hectare parcel of Corton-Charlemagne is added.
Jean-Marie buys a parcel of Musigny of about 0.10 hectare outright.
Christophe Roumier joins his father at the domaine.
The domaine bottles its entire harvest from this vintage on.
Chemical fertilizers are abandoned; herbicides follow in 1989.
Jean-Marie Roumier retires.
The domaine makes about a barrel and a quarter of Musigny.
An investor buys about half a hectare of Bonnes-Mares and leases it to Christophe Roumier.
Neal Martin scores the 2015 Musigny 99-100 from barrel.
Burghound scores it 98 and Vinous 96+.
Two bottles sell at auction in Hong Kong for 225,000 Hong Kong dollars.
A single bottle is offered at auction with a $10,000 to $15,000 estimate.
The world in 2015
Gunmen kill 12 people at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Nepal.
Expo 2015 opens in Milan, running to October 31.
The only hailstorm of the Cote d'Or season strikes, barely touching Puligny-Montrachet.
UNESCO adds the Climats, terroirs of Burgundy, to its list of protected world sites.
Cuba and the United States restore full diplomatic relations.
Coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris kill 130 people.
The Paris climate agreement is reached at the COP 21 summit.
Price record
| Date | Price | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | $10,000 | Estimate, not a saleSingle bottle in original wooden case offered at auction; estimate $10,000 to $15,000 (low end shown). |
A realized auction price is what a buyer actually paid on the date shown, including the buyer's premium where the sale reported it. It is the strongest kind of reference price, and it is a record of one sale of one object on one day, not a promise of what the next example will bring.
By reference price, Domaine Georges & Christophe Roumier Musigny Grand Cru 2015 is number 9 of 100 in the wine entries of the FLOAT 100. 12 of those 100 rest on a realized sale; the rest carry an asking price or a guide value, and each page says which. Rank within the FLOAT 100 itself (20 here) is editorial: how much an object defines its field, not price alone.
Did you know
- The domaine began in 1924 with vines entrusted to Georges Roumier by his bride's family; the Musigny parcel was worked under sharecropping until Jean-Marie Roumier bought it outright in 1978.
- Neal Martin estimated the 2015 Musigny at one barrel and a quarter for the whole world.
- Georges Roumier's eldest son Alain left the family domaine in 1955 to direct Comte de Vogue, the largest owner in Musigny.
- Roumier's Les Amoureuses appeared in the manga Drops of God as the 'First Apostle' of its twelve great wines.
- Christophe Roumier keeps some stems in his Musigny, the exception to his usual destemming, and used about two-thirds whole clusters in 2015.
- Musigny is the only grand cru in the Cote de Nuits that makes both red and white wine.
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