August 6, 2023 - Drinks very well now but will last. Tannins remain dominant, but fruit shines through.Well balanced wine in spite of the unusually warm growing season.
October 26, 2022 - At pnp, heady flowery bouquet and surprisingly no reduction or funk I sometimes find in a warm vintage bottle of Mugnier's. Palate was closed. Left it open and standing at cellar temp for 3 hours and by the time it was consumed during dinner (~4hrs later) it was open and showing so beautifully. MUCH improved from 9/2020 when I consumed it with nicephora and others (granted, at that point, it was a pnp consumption.) Drank sidebyside a 2009 Bize SavignyLB 1er les Guettes, which was also slow aired and consumed 4hrs later. Mugnier was rocking w/ red fruit and silky ethereal palate that was fresh, juicy and long; Bize showed somw wholestem green, darker plummy fruit and overly tart, though it was open and showing, not closed like I feared. The 1er cru perhaps needs a few more years to tame the acid and the bitter green (I hope) but for now, this 2009 Mugnier village is rocking. 2010 is next up on the docket.
August 8, 2021 - Blind. Airy, elegant, complex and lingering.
August 7, 2021 - Decanted and repoured into the bottle. Tasted 4 hours later.
This is really showing the vintage.
Rich red fruits, bordering on stewed, with some baking spice and savory notes. This is a tad dense and if blinded I would have presumed new world. Pleasant and rich but not nearly as enrapturing as the 2017 I opened in June. Saved 8oz in the fridge… hopefully a few more days helps it find the mugnier magic.
April 1, 2021 - Started off lean and somewhat shut down, with air the vintage took hold, sweet lush and round red and dark red fruit in a floral wrapper appeared, all plush fruit I hope this finds some focus and definition as the alcohol was a bit disconcerting, it’s one dimensional traits today were hopefully a facade and the wine just needs much more time.
October 2, 2020 - On its own, this was lovely. Ripe, and loaded with red berries and plum. Medium high tannins, with a touch of bitterness. I think this is just 2009 the vintage. Overall it would be lovely to drink this and have a mushroom pizza. This was overshadowed by the other wines on this night, but to judge it on its own merit, it was a solid bottle.
September 3, 2020 - At Secchu Yokota. Courtesy of Jason. Mugnier is probably my favorite winemaker in Burgundy, so I was super excited to see this, but this is a touch ripe and inelegant for Chambolle. It's still quite good, but the tannin feels a bit blocky while the fruit feels more extracted than is typical from Mugnier - the vintage shows a bit here (as I think it does with Mugneret-Gibourg's 2009 villages too). I'd have guessed this to be the Clos de Marechale, except we had that recently and it's the more elegant wine. By Mugnier's somewhat ludicrously high standards, could be better.
June 22, 2020 - Tellement de finesse en bouche, avec des notes légèrement tertiaires de terre, mais encore beaucoup de cassis et un nez si parfumé!
June 21, 2020 - J F Mugnier Chambolle Musigny wines are incredibly well crafted, I could drink this 2009 Chambolle Musigny any day! Tasted blind – Lifted nose of delicate sweet red berries and nuanced spices. Well-crafted with a gentle array of creamy red fruits and fragrant earthy perfume (that I always link with Chambolle Musigny). A graceful Burgundy from a very good winemaker. Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru? 2013? François Bertheau? (89/100)
February 1, 2020 - I want to love this but it didn’t show well tonight. Tight, lean fruit and muted. Wine wasn’t flawed just in a shutdown disjointed place. I won’t open another any time soon.