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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.2 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 178 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Sean Tay on 2/14/2024 & rated 95 points: Always enjoyed Mugnier wine. Clos de la Marechale is probably the cheapest but yet the closest to the bigger appellation to try his style. Pronounced nose intensity with notes of mushroom, earth, toast, red fruits, flora. Medium+ acidity and medium tannin. 2006 is consider a weaker vintage but drinking very well now. (481 views) | | | Tasted by liber on 12/22/2023 & rated 92 points: 8th of 12, pnp, perfect cork and level, on first night as November bottle and disappointing relative to earlier bottles, half decanted into half bottle and drunk following night much nicer and showing again the attractive black raspberry component in earlier bottles, suspect going through a dumbish phase which more time will cure, 10+ years. F (17.5). (552 views) | | | Tasted by Cote d'Or on 11/24/2023: Tasted over 2 hrs; bottle from secondary market
-dark red minimal clearing
-stony black cherry licorice and just a bit of forest floor
-med acidity, med/med- weight focused linear stony earthy faded black cherry, finishes with med tannins wrapped in iron
-love this wine, not profound but just so perfectly represents what it is; the first thing you notice is the color that is remarkably dark for its age, then the beautifully complex aromatics that exemplify a well-made NSG at the magical transition point as entering maturity; no hurry on this (661 views) | | | Tasted by cct on 8/31/2023 & rated 92 points: Decanted for a couple hours then drunk over an evening.
Tight and reductive on opening. Not giving much. A bit charmless to be honest. After a couple hours in a decanter, things change.
It starts to open with loamy earth, red fruits, and green tea on the nose. It unfurls further with time with florals, earth, and fruit. Supple, mid weighted and graceful on the palate. It is subtle, drawing you in. There's NSG earth but delivered with a Chambolle level of delicacy. With air time, it expands on the palate with weightless intensity and breadth without weight. Florals arrive and add to the whole with a lovely mix of earth, savory, fruit and florals. This is quite good. A little more rustic than Mugnier's other bottlings, but still quite good. Long on the back end. I dare say this was a value based on what I paid on release, but current valuation, Hmmm. Outstanding nonetheless. (1101 views) | | | Tasted by liber on 7/11/2023 & rated 90 points: 7th of 12, pnp, perfect cork and level, attractive, easy Mugnier style does not entirely compensate for the overall simplicity of this wine, which becomes more apparent with bright transparent fruit now being in retreat, a phase maybe in which case upgrade possible again, otherwise this may well have been a Burg best drunk when the fruit was young and fresh, plateau, no rush. VGI (17). (1156 views) | | | Tasted by Richard P Howden on 6/7/2023 & rated 92 points: Very good on night 1. From memory, dark and beguiling. A lot of earthy dark cherry on the nose and a well balanced richer palate. Good finish. On night two more strawberry and floral notes coming out on the palate. Palate a little softer, perhaps a bit faded from the first day. (1101 views) | | | Tasted by aagrawal on 6/6/2023 & rated 91 points: Dinner with the wine group (La Bohème, Palo Alto): Light-medium red; high intensity aromatics, red fruited, spice; palate is medium bodied, balanced alcohol, medium acidity, mature red fruit; finish is medium length, a touch shorter than expected. Showing well, better than the Volnay, but holding back a bit tonight. 91 (1316 views) | | | Tasted by Ghoulardi on 5/31/2023: Tonight this felt like it was on its last legs, but still showing signs of greatness. Still good cherry and red fruit character, blended elegantly with nuits spice and earth. But it’s overwhelmed by VA, and struggled to have more than a couple of glasses. (926 views) | | | Tasted by Rezy13 on 1/22/2023: Clos de la Marechale Vertical (Decatur, GA): Prettier color with maroon rim; iron evident on the nose, perfumed floral notes, plum, dark cherry, a nice elegance to the nose, in a good place but not hitting the heights of what you kind of want or expect, meaty cherry, very pleasant but lacks some oomph on the back end. (445 views) | | | Tasted by brooklynguy on 1/22/2023 flawed bottle: Corked, and very intensely so. (1615 views) | | | Tasted by Aravind Asok on 7/8/2022: Wow @Lameloise in Chagny. Lovely nose with earthy NSG fruit. Fully mature with red fruit, leather. Attenuated tannin. Just fantastic aged red Burgundy. One glass left on day 2 and this showed oxidized. Drink up! (1702 views) | | | Tasted by western on 2/11/2022 & rated 93 points: Hats of to Frederick. Certainly not his home turf but what a super NSG from his Monopole. Each vintage Improving every year since return from Faively control. Lovely burg with years ahead.Unfortunately his offerings are now well above my annual budget. (2222 views) | | | Tasted by DougLee on 2/4/2022 & rated 90 points: Translucent ruby. Nose of deeply resonant cherry pits and earthy berry amidst brier and a bit of hyacinth. Surprisingly tannic with ringing ferric-laden red pulpy fruit on the palate. Brisk acidity. Longer finish of stony red fruit with flecks of iron and craggy soil. Very NSG. (2013 views) | | | Tasted by glou.sf on 11/8/2021 & rated 92 points: Savory nose with notes of red berries, forest floors, and cherries. Quite perfumed and felt slightly heady at times. Good acidity on the palate with medium tannins and structure and notes of blood orange and tart cherries. Nice finish. Very good wine that will likely improve over time. I would try holding for another 5 years... 92-93 (2570 views) | | | Tasted by Paul D on 10/29/2021 & rated 88 points: 2/6, good cork.
Medium/deep garnet core, pale garnet rim. Nose a touch reticent slowly opening to reveal rich dark fruit, spice, earth. Medium bodied, rich dark fruit, liquorice, quite firm tannin which becomes a touch powdery on the good length finish. Enjoyable enough if a touch surly and ungainly. (2220 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 8/31/2021 & rated 91 points: Nuits St Georges 1er Cru Boudots Dinner (Yan, National Gallery, Singapore): A had quite forgotten having had this wine twice before - both occasions more than a decade ago. This bottle was pretty good without quite hitting the heights; a little on the tight side I thought, but nevertheless a nicely elegant wine that gave quite a bit of pleasure. I liked the nose on it, with lithe notes of stony mineral, dried herbs and flowers, wrapped around subtle notes of dark cherries and berries, maybe with a touch of menthol on the sides. A quietly pretty bouquet. The palate was very fine, with firm but really filigreed tannins and a nice spine of acidity (especially for a 2006), running through lacy flavours of dark cherries; and then a bit of earth and mineral drifting into a fine finish, all touched with a little bit of spice. As usual, this was a lighter, leaner, but certainly more elegant expression of NSG. Chambolle in chain mail if you will, or maybe NSG in a sun-dress. Not bad now, with the chops to keep going, although I am not sure how much more room there is for improvement in the bottle. (2324 views) | | | Tasted by MJReb on 7/28/2021 & rated 90 points: Black fruit, a powerful wine with lots of well integrated tannins. The fruit is ripe and fully accessible. (1828 views) | | | Tasted by Ghoulardi on 7/2/2021: Less magical than the bottle I tasted 2 years ago, but still lovely. This was quite a bit more rustic and dense than what I had remembered… and perhaps starting to show its age (more likely: bottle variation).
To over simplify: compared to my note 2 years ago this felt more “Nuits” and less “Mugnier.” (1656 views) | | | Tasted by NYC_Maenad on 3/27/2021: From 375 with a classic roast chicken dinner on the deck. I'm wondering if there were some off odors outside as I got a pronounced smell of bug spray on the nose off and on through my tasting? In addition to the insecticide, there were notes of black cherry, a touch of toasted wood, some cardamom and other exotic spices, a little cigar smoke. Not at all roasted, which makes me think Al's bottle in the note from earlier this year must have been heat damaged, as I am very sensitive to anything roasted or stewed. On the palate this showed medium bodied, a little more of a lean and old school burgundy than I might have expected - the kind of burg that makes new world drinkers shake their heads and wonder why anyone ever spends the money. I enjoyed it well enough with the food, but it never really came together into a delicious wine. I have a few more halves of this, and will space them out over the next few years to see if anything develops from here. I'm betting there's a little more happiness hiding in there - hoping, anyway - but don't think this is a great Marechale by any means. (2331 views) | | | Tasted by Nanda on 1/6/2021 & rated 87 points: NSG 1er Cru South (Chicago, IL): Non-blind. A very ripe and roasted profile on both the nose and palate. Hard to get past the ripe, plummy, nearly-stewed fruit profile. Fine but pretty weak in the context of the vertical. Drink up. (2542 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 1/6/2021 & rated 87 points: Nuits St. Georges 1er "Southside" (Premeaux) Tasting...Mostly a Clos de la Maréchale Vertical (Chicagoland IL): Somewhat underwhelming, this showed plenty of bold, roasted black fruit, but didn't show the balance of balance that I recall from bottles when it was younger. Good enough. (3191 views) | | | Tasted by Richard P Howden on 9/9/2020 & rated 93 points: Beautiful nose of roses, lilacs, cherry, strawberry and a very intense palate showing deep rich fruit, good acidic acid finish and some tannins remaining as well. A long life on this wine. Not quite as delicate as Mugnier's reputation leads one to expect but a gorgeous wine with a lot of character. Delicious now, will get better. (2462 views) | | | Tasted by aagrawal on 9/9/2020 & rated 91 points: Zoom tasting with the wine group - Burgundy (Zoom): Tasted blind. Light ruby, slight bricking; deeper, darker fruited nose for a pinot; palate is solidly medium bodied, some iron, definitely more of a masculine feel, medium-plus acidity, low alcohol, tannins still present and structured; finish is medium length. Seems youthful and structured. I guessed Nuits St. Georges. 91+ (2687 views) | | | Tasted by liber on 7/24/2020 & rated 90 points: 6th of 12, decanted 30 minutes, perfect cork and level, much lumpier, bigger, less transparent than previous bottles (last 8/19), uglier, seems to have gone into its shell, should recover still energetic. VGI (17). (2072 views) | | | Tasted by melzar on 6/23/2020 & rated 91 points: Still very young and tannic. Well balanced and pleasant to drink, but a little chunky, and lacking in the finesse I expect from this producer. Good acidity.Will improve with bottle age. (1943 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Jasper Morris
Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy, Domaine J-F Mugnier vertical: Clos de la Maréchale (6/1/2018)
(Nuits-St-Georges Clos de la Maréchale 1er Cru, Domaine J-F Mugnier, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | The World of Fine Wine, March 2011, Issue #31
(Jacques-frédéric Mugnier Nuits-st-georges Clos Clos De La Marechale) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (9/10/2009)
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(Dom J F Mugnier, Clos de la Maréchale Premier Cru Nuits-St-Georges Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, 1st Quarter, 2009, Issue #33
(Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges Clos de la Maréchale 1er Cru Red) Subscribe to see review text. | The World of Fine Wine, March 2008, Issue #19
(Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier , Nuits-St-Georges Premier Cru Clos de la Maréchale (C)) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, March/April 2008, IWC Issue #137
(Domaine Jacques Frederic Mugnier Nuits Saint Georges Clos de la Marechale) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (1/30/2008)
(Dom J F Mugnier, Clos de la Maréchale Premier Cru Nuits-St-Georges Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW
JancisRobinson.com (1/30/2008)
(Dom J F Mugnier, Clos de la Maréchale Premier Cru Nuits-St-Georges Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, 1st Quarter, 2008, Issue #29
(Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges Clos de la Maréchale 1er Cru Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2007, Issue #12, The 2006 Burgundy Vintage
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Garagiste (2/21/2008)
(Mugnier MAR?CHALE) Mugnier Dear Friends, It’s amazing how far this wine has come in only a few vintages - Mugnier cannot be stopped and the Marechale would be one of the finest wines of its type in any vintage, let alone 2006. I’ve had this wine three different times from barrel and on each occasion it becomes more and more complete. If you are into Nuits (or Mugnier in general) this wine should not be missed - it rises above any preconception and delivers the promise of the terroir it was crafted from. For my taste, a fabulous expression. This wine is highly allocated in 2006 - please let us know your interest at your earliest convenience 2006 JF Mugnier Clos de la Marechale 1er (Nuits St. George) EXTREMELY LIMITED Please give us your maximum number and we will allocate accordingly Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Burg8650 |
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| Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Producer websitePinot Noir Varietal character (Appellation America) | Varietal article (Wikipedia)
Pinot Noir is the Noble red grape of Burgundy, capable of ripening in a cooler climate, which Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot will not reliably do. It is unpredictable and difficult both to grow and to vinify, but results in some of the finest reds in the world. It is believed to have been selected from wild vines two thousand years ago. It is also used in the production of champagne. In fact, more Pinot Noir goes into Champagne than is used in all of the Cote d'Or! It is also grown in Alsace, Jura, Germany, the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Romania, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, and so forth, with varying degrees of success.
Pinot Noir is one of the world's most prestigious grapes. It is very difficult to grow and thrives well in France, especially in Champagne and Burgundy. Pinot Noir thrives less in hot areas, is picky on soil, and deserves some oak storage.
Pinot Noir, or Blauburgunder / Spätburgunder in German, is a blue grapevine - and, as the German name suggests, the grape comes originally from Burgundy in France.
The grape, which thrives in calcareous soils, is used primarily for the production of red wine, and it is widely regarded as producing some of the best wines in the world. The wine style is often medium-bodied with high fruit acidity and soft tannins. It can be quite peculiar in fragrance and taste, and not least in structure - which may be why it is referred to as "The Grapes Ballerina".
Pinot Noir is also an important ingredient in sparkling wines, not least in champagne since it is fruity, has good acidity and contains relatively little tannins.
The grape is considered quite demanding to grow. The class itself consists of tightly packed grapes, which makes it more sensitive to rot and other diseases.
Pinot Noir changes quite easily and is genetically unstable. It buds and matures early which results in it often being well ripened. Climate is important for this type of grape. It likes best in cool climates - in warm climates the wines can be relaxed and slightly pickled.
In cooler climates, the wine can get a hint of cabbage and wet leaves, while in slightly warmer regions we often find notes of red berries (cherries, strawberries, raspberries, currants), roses and slightly green notes when the wine is young. With age, more complex aromas of forest floor, fungi and meat emerge.
In Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary, it often produces light wines with less character. However, it has produced very good results in California, Oregon and New Zealand.
With its soft tannins and delicate aroma, it is excellent for white fish, chicken and light meat. For the stored wines you can serve small game. Classic duck breast is a matter of course, a Boeuf Burgundy and Pinot Noir are pure happiness.
Pinot Noir loses quality by over-harvesting.
Pinot Noir is prone to diseases, especially rot and mildew. Viruses cause major problems especially in Burgundy.
Pinot Noir are large round grapes with thin skins. Relatively high in alcohol content. Medium rich tannins and good with acid.
As a young person, Pinot Noir has a distinctly fruity character such as raspberries, cherries and strawberries.
A mature Pinot Noir, the taste is different. Cherry goes into plum and prune flavors. It smells of rotten leaves, coffee, moist forest floor and animal wine. This must be experienced.
In warm climates you find boiled plum, some rustic, little acid.
If the grapes are over-grown, the wine will be thin, with little color and flavor.Clos de la Maréchale On weinlagen-infoFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Côte de Nuits on weinlagen.infoNuits St. Georges 1er Cru A.O.C. Nuits-Saint-Georges (Syndicat Viticole de Nuits-Saint-Georges)
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