2019 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale (Monopole), Domaine J-F Mugnier
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Winemaker:Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier
While we tasted this wine together, Mugnier commented: “I think it’s a very special vintage. Drought is more damaging than heat. In 2019, luckily, there were locally some showers to bring the humidity the vines needed. The vines were relatively comfortable, and harvest was not excessively early – later than in 2018 and 2020. I’m very concerned with very early harvests. In August, vines shut down (to spare water) and don’t breathe or grow. Maturation of the flavours takes place in September, not August.” Here we have a wine of impressively deep ruby colour. Aromas are rich, fresh and open. Palate is beautiful, with dense fruitiness, gentle tannins, luscious harmony and generous length. A gorgeous wine (for drinking 2024-2035+).
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| Wine Name | Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale (Monopole), Domaine J-F Mugnier |
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| Product Code | GI0119RA |
| Customs Status | Duty Paid |
| Tax Status | Inc Tax |
Winemaker
Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier
Frédéric Mugnier’s wines are greatly admired and loved. He tells us we were his first overseas client. This was for his 1985s, which proved to be the first of many classics. His Chambolle-Musigny is an outstanding bottling, at village level, with First Growths Les Fuées and Les Amoureuses, and his Grands Crus Bonnes-Mares and Le Musigny being now recognised as Burgundian benchmarks. With the exception of Le Musigny (where he is the second largest owner, after Comte Georges de Vogüé) his vineyard holdings in these appellations are minuscule, so there has always been the severest difficulty sharing out the allocations.
In addition to Frédéric`s vineyards in Chambolle, the Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale has been owned solely by his family for generations. The walled vineyard was for many years let out for cultivation, but in 2004 he succeeded in claiming the site back. Both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay (just a tiny proportion) are planted here. To handle the additional volume from this vineyard, Frédéric built a new winery beside his home, and the wine has gone from strength to strength ever since his inaugaural 2004 vintage.
Mugnier no longer offers his Musigny at the same time as his other young wines. He became exasperated at finding the wine listed by restaurants, or otherwise consumed, immediately after release. Unless given time to mature properly, its character, subtleties and length do not appear in full. When pressed, Mugnier said. “10 years from vintage is usually a good time for drinking Musigny… maybe the beginning of the drinking window.” In our view, all his reds deserve and will reward cellaring.