Clos de la Marechale Vertical

What an amazing opportunity! A complete look at Clos de la Marechale Rouge from 2004 through 2019 with couple ancient Faiveley renditions and a couple Marechale Blancs thrown in. This is primed to be an incredible retrospective.

• 2004 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Duller red with rusty rim; beef broth nose with powerful green and iron notes, lots of clay, sanguine, dried roses, getting greener with air initially but something suggests this may improve with extended aeration.

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• 2005 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Deep ruby with denser core; fresh and powerful dusty nose, violets and wood tannin, almost corky, something very pure and substantial in there too, nice spice, tasty but this needs extended air to showcase its stuff.

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• 2006 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  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.

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• 2007 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Cloudier crimson color; almost Grenache-like on the nose, leather, Brett, medicinal plum, funky and different than others in the flight while providing a softer structure and intensity.

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• 2008 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Paler ruby red; elegant and finessed nose, floral, sweet soft red fruit, better on the nose than most 2008 red Burgs I've had recently, but the palate is fairly simple and lacking depth.

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• 2009 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Cloudy maroon with crimson rim; some Band-Aid Bretty funk on the nose, riper fruit, medicinal, almost seems like Grenache, a nice wine but not what I'm looking for in red Burgundy, warm year profile mars this wine as it did the Chambolle Musigny tasted months earlier.

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• 2010 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Nice nose to this, good ripeness but the acid keeps this wine fresh, tart with sweet red fruit, length and tension to the structure make this a sexy wine that is also serious; tasty.

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• 2011 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  A nose not too far from the 2004, some herbal green notes, meaty beef broth character, iron, still some juicy fruit; grippy and powerful on the palate, still better than the '04 & '07, young and may improve still; interesting.

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• 2015 Marie Courtin Champagne Presence

  France, Champagne

  Deeper yellow; yeasty and eggy profile, super fine bubbles, custard, intense acids; does very well for its Extra Brut dryness, 2/3 Chardonnay and 1/3 Pinot Blanc.

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• 1976 Faiveley Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Pale brown red; soy, aged, iron, good texture, still rich, tea, still some red fruit left; fascinating, fully resolved.

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• 1985 Faiveley Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Good color, crimson with rusty rim; dark and red cherry on the nose, truffle, earth, still so balanced, juicy, driven with dry extract, sappy; timeless and tasty.

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• 2010 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale Blanc

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Buttered, lemon confit, rich ripe yet detailed, very good but a little shorter finish than you'd hope for.

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• 2015 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale Blanc

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Super reduced nose, intense, sherried of sorts, juicy lemon and apple cider, juicy and fun but shorter on the back end, herbs, toasted sesame, good but curious how it would show up against something from the Cote de Beaune like a Chassagne Villages...

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• 2012 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Darker crimson; truffle on the nose, bruleed cherry, pretty yet dense, wiry structure suggests this needs more time and I am confident it would be well received in another 5 years.

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• 2013 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale Flawed

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Corked with no backup

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• 2014 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Juicy and high toned, higher acid, red fruit, tasty but I feel it is trying to catch up to itself, curious how this will age; in a good spot now.

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• 2015 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Purple fruit and floral notes, dusty, lots of dry extract, dense, ripe but a little more restrained structurally than the 2005; give this some time.

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• 2016 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Cloudy maroon; fleshly nose, tar, darker fruit, plummy, seems simple, riper, lacks a little focus, ok but I kind of think it's in a dumb phase.

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• 2017 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Some funk and leather notes on the nose, iron, Band-Aid, musk, intense, giving better flavor than the '11, '07' & '04, light medicinal sour cherry and Kirsch on the finish; off year characteristics but this may have redeeming qualities with some more time.

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• 2018 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Black and blue fruit on the nose, a silkiness to it, intense, a bit simple but I'd be curious to see if this gets better with more time, a touch alcoholic on the finish.

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• 2019 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

  Red fruit, riper, almost liqueured and confected fruit, sweet with juicy acids; good but does it have the extra gear to age well?, seemingly simple at this stage of its development.

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A challenging flight because it was hard to get a real feel for the terroir of the vineyard. With time or poorer years there tends to be a strong iron note, more challenging years tend to lack some depth or may present some off characteristics, the best years show nice depth and structure but they never seem to be consistent in character, so it is hard to feel strongly about this wine that is usually so promising young. I am a huge fan of Freddy Mugnier and everything he does, so I am a little saddened by the lack of declarative presence these wines tend to show and fall back on the vineyards lack of slope and historical relevance. While the 2010 and 1985 were fantastic, I look to the challenging years to show some sort of common thread that unfortunately was not there.