2022 Burgundy En Primeur

Domaine Jacques-Frederic Mugnier, Chambolle-Musigny

Frédéric Mugnier

Pretty much everywhere when Burgundy-lovers come together around their favourite bottles, Mugnier’s wines are greatly admired and loved. We were fortunate to have been his first export customer, so he has told us, and have been shipping his outstanding village level, Premier Cru and Grand Cru wines from Chambolle-Musigny for more than 30 years. His vineyard holdings in these appellations are tiny, however, so there is always great difficulty sharing the allocations. The growing season here was a bit like 2020, but has given wines with less muscle, they believe. “The second winter ageing in barrel will be important, to get the third dimension into the wines,” Frédéric told us. The mature Musigny being offered this year is the 2017, which is showing gorgeous complexity on both nose and palate, with plenty of potential to bloom and soften further.