Took to Pastis miami Late dinner with BB A big elegant wine No formal tasting notes but the wine showed beautifully with no decanting Much improved from my previous bottle in a great spot now.
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Overtly floral and ripe notes of strawberry and cherries. Opens up on the palate after an hour. This is lovely stuff and improved in the glass. Paired ever so nicely with Otto white truffle linguine.
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A very lovely wine by an iconic producer. First bottle ever of any Mugnier and first also for this climat for me.
Ordered this from the list of a restaurant, and this was supposedly slow ox’d for 30 to 40 mins without a decant. It was actually ready to go. One noticeable thing is that the fruit fades very fast in the glass if there’s 1/3 of a pour remaining, so in order to keep the fruit aromas, the wine needed to be topped off every few minutes, else the alcohol vapors will come to the foreground.
The upside on the nose: beautiful aromas of fresh and dried strawberries, cherries, raspberries, light earth, herbs, spices, a bit of a roasted coffee note and a tiny hint of leather in there somewhere. Extremely elegant, and enough acidity from a cool vintage to enjoy in very refined upscale fine dining settings. I sensed nothing “rustic” about this, but to each their own. Easy to indulge on its own as well, as it is lighter than expected. I still prefer the Taupenot Mermes NSG Pruliers 2015 1er I had a few days prior but it was a treat for sure to experience this.
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Quick notes while drinking with a friend. Opened and let slow ox for an hour. The color had some nice bricking. On the nose, dried red fruit, pomegranate, floral, baking spice, and mushrooms. No greenness of the 2011 vintage detected.
Palate: spice, med acidity, med tannins, and well balanced. Drinking beautifully right now.
Corked this in 55degree F cooler and came back to it 4 hours later after going to dinner, and it went dead. It became thin and lean. Didn’t give as much on the nose or palate. Experienced drinkers, what does this mean?
This was drinking very well. Gamey nose and dark red fruit and dark orange notes. I would have liked a bit more finesse but a lovely red burg in its midlife.
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Here are my basic notes since I wasn't really focusing on the wine much.
Earthy and mushroomy when first opened. Not much fruit. After an hour or so the fruit started to appear and helped the wine come together. This is drinking pretty well right now.
Typical Burgundy, paired really well with a filet topped with foie gras and red wine demi.
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The wine was earthy with a hint of farmyard on the nose.
On the palate - beautiful fruit balanced with great acidity. Delicious! Doesn’t have the complexity of Grand Cru but in such a great spot now I will happily drink this every day.
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Clos de la Marechale Vertical (Decatur, GA): 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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Bouquet opened with cola cherry, raspberries, violets, some earth and a very light touch of dried red fruit. Slightly restrained showing some rusticity and a touch of greenness from what felt like stems. Palate showing glimpses of richness with good balance but I thought it lacked a bit of that complexity today and felt a bit "watery and airy". Alone it lacked a bit of magic but paired superbly with the tenderloin main course.
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Pop and pour. About 2 years since my last btl. Wow, stunning now.. Cola, soft nuits earth and game, dried raspberry and wild strawberry, perfume for days. On the palate: fantastic acidity, a touch thin, but somehow simultaneous denser on the finish, which shows loads of spice, strawberry.
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Opened at the Landmark Mandarin in HK. P&P and enjoyed over several hours.
No extensive notes taken, but quite structured and took a bit of time to properly express itself. Mugnier elegance but not at the same level as his Chambolles. Decent drinking window, just let it breathe a little bit. Good mix of red and darker fruit.
I look forward to tasting later vintages in a few years as the old influences of Faiveley's management is slowly phased out, and as such expect this wine to get better.
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supple red fruits and earthy notes. seems to be entering a good drinking window. beautiful now and will get better. paired well with smoked duck and quail for christmas dinner.
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Tasted over 3 hrs -med dark red violet minimal clearing -bright cherry fruit with some wet stone, a light herbal note emerges after a couple hours -med+ acidity is well-buffered by the med weight and moderately concentrated yet focused mid-palate with some fading black cherry and a pronounced high-toned slightly bitter mineral saline element, occasional glimpse of black pepper, med/med- tannins; becomes a bit medicinal by hour 3 -quite good now though unsure of its lifespan given some degradation over several hours
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Savory, dark dry fruit, spicy. Light-medium body with mellowed tannic structure. Flashier, fruit-forward wines will overshadow this one, but give it time to open up and pair with some grilled lamb or roast chicken and you are in business.
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fruit is starting to fade already. as pleasurable as this is, funny enough if i was served this in a blind tasting i would have probably called it a NZ Pinot noir.
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Some air does nothing but good to the wine. The floral, light red fruit mixed with the more darker and almost earthy elements makes a great nose. Some mineral elements, which is also mirrored on the palate. Great balance, long.
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Un vin difficile à analyser. À l’ouverture, il est fermé. Une attaque sur les notes fermières, un déséquilibre apparent en bouche. Il lui faudra un bon 2 heures en carafe pour se révéler sous son meilleur jour: un nez avenant sur les fruits noirs, une belle complexité en bouche. Un vin qui demeure intellectuel, qui demande de l’attention voire même un moment de méditation. C’est excellent mais il faut lui laisser le temps de respirer et l’ouvrir quand on a envie d’y donner toute notre attention.
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This was drinking beautifully tonight with lots of bright, earthy red fruit with excellent depth and concentration for its level. It needed about an hour of air to really show its stuff.
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Was very surprised by how young and unevolved this showed. Was expecting a much lighter and more accessible wine for an '11. This is still dark and shows a darker fruited, primary palate, although texturally this is pretty smooth. No degradation over three nights, which also speaks to its foundations, and it drinks just fine and smooth, but it's just not saying much. Steak night, in the Berkshires.
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Pop and pour, notes from Day 2 open. Well, wow, this was a lot better than my last bottle. On the nose: lovely nuits funk, soft stems, black pepper, black cherry, pomegranate. On the palate: black cherry, lovely density, pomegranate molasses, soft vanilla. Lovely acidic spine and soft tannin on the elegant finish. Paired perfectly with our quiche.
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Translucent ruby color. Nose of cherry pits, iodine, pine forest, smoky earth, and full-blown violets. Fine-grained, satin-textured palate revealing deep but soaring red and black cherry, sweet earth, camphor, and brier. Beautiful acidity and filed off tannin. Long finish of mildly tart, subtly ripe red fruit cut with iron particles. Balanced, detailed, elegant wine with soul. So satisfying.
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Medium ruby color. Exotic nose of hothouse flowers, fecund earth, iron, ripe red berry, camphor. Shimmering layers of elegant red raspberry and mulberry fruit steeped in dark soil, ferric notes, and iodine. Crisp acidity and filed-off tannin. Long finish of echoing red fruit, dirt, and slow, sweet grip. Beautiful wine for the vintage and an all-out bargain year after year.
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ruby red. aromas of flowers, forest floor, smoke. palate showed red cherries, strawberries, cola, herb, paprika spice. Good minerality and acid. Light in personality but not in taste or quality. Elegant.
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Proof that great producers make great wine even in lesser vintages, the 2011 Marechale explodes from the glass with roses/violets, dried herbs, and dark fruit. A hint of maturity on the palate brings the black fruits alive with smoke and black licorice. This is in a very good place, but by no means should you feel the need to rush.
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This time decide to pop and pour. Needed about twenty minutes to ease u in the glass. Nice but modest nose of plum and violets. The palate is round and full in the mouth with gentle flavors of juicy black cherries, plums with a little earth and spice in the mid palate. Not a great wine but really delicious right now.
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Medium garnet. Red floral aromas, and slight greenish moss. Flavours bit restrained but with a good earthy hit, of twigs, red flowers, pepper, paprika, and some redcurrants and cherry at the back. Nice length!
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Decanted three hours. Pretty but modest nose of raspberries, spice and a touch of wood. The palate is delicious and rounded with raspberries, strawberries, earth and mushrooms coming through into a moderate finish The wine is nicely balanced and fully mature and I don’t think will get much better.
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After a one hour decant this is in a great drinking window. Terrific but restrained nose of strawberry plum and spice. The body is silky and graceful in style with pretty nose of strawberry, raspberry, earth and herbs. Overall delicious although not as deep and complex as the better vintages of this. This is in a perfect drinking window and continues my experience that a lot of premier crus from 2011 are in a great drinking window now.
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From a half bottle 375cc. Reticent at first. With airtime, tart cherry, savory, woody-stemmy, tooth gripping tannins. Some nice Pinot funk. Personally I prefer the more approachable and fruit-forward expressions of this excellent producer/vineyard (14s, 15s, 16s). But this is a good and serious wine from a tough vintage. Try it paired with game, lamb, grilled salmon, mushrooms and it will sing.
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Stunning wine. Amazing nose full of earthy tones and classic Burgundian terroir. Still pretty tight with tannins that suggest it has the structure to last for years to come. But drinking very nicely now.
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This turned into a fantastic bottle and experience. Initially, despite having a nice nose, the palate was devoid of fruit and was predominantly earth driven. In fact, I would even go so far as to say it had almost no fruit. On its own it was was like drinking water with soft tannins. Having some food helped but it was pretty empty still.
Fast forward two hours in the decanter: everything opened up — nose, palate, mouth. Started drinking more like a more savory chambolle but with enough red fruit to really bring it all together. I still wished for a bit more fruit but this is very typical of the vintage. Great food wine. I recently had the Mugnier 2011 Chambolle and this is only a very small notch below despite being much cheaper in price.
Lessons here for me are 1). Don’t doubt Clos Marechale as being a world class wine and very representative of Mugnier’s style despite the size and reputation of the vineyard. 2). These need time. They are easy to find and purchase but that doesn’t mean they can just be popped. 10+ years is ideal 3). Decant for a while if you are going to try it young (<10 years)
This is the only affordable Mugnier out there — buy every vintage while the price is still reasonable.
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From a vertical of Mugnier's Marechal 2004 to 2016. LIght red colour, somewhit watery at the rim. Very reductive nose at first, almost nothing but smoked ham (!), smoke and mushrooms. Full bodied, hints of sweet fruit in the mid part, but that is quickly overshadowed by dry tannins and some very green tones (green peppers). There is clearly some fruit at the back struggeling to get through, but at the moment it does not succeed. A bit like the 09, but with much greener tones. A disappointment.
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Half bottle format. It’s an ok wine for not an easy vintage. Overall, got the smoke, tar, purple fruits and a bit mineral on the nose and the palate, there was modest oakiness and a touch of greenness into finish, lack of complexity I was hoping for from JF Mugnier. Clos de la Maréchale is the largest monopole in Burgundy
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Puzzling wine. I don't mind the power but this was all power upon opening, almost smoky with the fruit hidden in the background. It actually paired very well with my venison and raspberry sauce. It finally opened up after a while showing more delicate notes. I am not sure however that it will benefit from more aging as fruit will probably be taken over quickly. Great to drink now, with a fair amount of decanting time.
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An initial funk blew off quickly to reveal red berry, aniseed, smoke, and cedar. Fleshy and soft, integrated tannins, moderate acidity. Clos de Maréchale, for such a large vineyard, impresses for its consistent character vintage over vintage.
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Decanted. Beautiful nose with a touch of Nuits funk, stems, some vanilla. On the palate, good acidity, loads of black cherry and raspberry. Some oaky bitterness on the finish, which also shows some finely grained tannin. Much more open than the 09 at this stage. After about 1.5 hrs open, shows mainly stems
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I thought this was delicious considering its youthfulness. Clear ruby color. A light but wonderful nose and a medium to light weight body with elegant red berry fruits and spices. Not complex or powerful but well balanced and interesting.
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This is a classic example of a good producer making great wine in a so-so vintage. The nose is beautiful with loads of cranberry and red raspberry; lovely Nuits gamy/iron/blood notes, violet, and just a touch of spice. The palate is simply delicious with great red fruit, beautiful balance and good depth for the vintage and level. This is the type of wine that is pure enjoyment and a great way to taste one of Burgundy's masters for a reasonable price. Wish I had more...
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Gorgeous. The red-berry nose is sweet and evocative. A touch linear on the palate, but this light-medium bodied wine is elegant and gulpable, with red fruits, high acidity, and very fine tannins. A bit simple, and a touch sweet, but very good overall impression.
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Earthy, spicy, a little herbs and olive notes. Red fruits (strawberry, raspberry). On the palate, it's smooth, medium body, earthy and herbs, medium length finish. Drink very well now.
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Très belle bouteille, par contre, un coup de carafe est essentiel, car le vin est très "vert". Le vin est légèrement acide, aucun tannin, très pinoté, balsamique et petit fruit rouge. Le vin a un bel équilibre entre sa puissance et sa finesse. C'est un bel achat, un must pour les fans de Bourgogne.
4/5
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Even this wine which was beautiful in its youth is now giving way to the strong herbaceous qualities of the vintage, here the fruit and texture made this more forgiving and drinkable.
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Annual Tasting Group Holiday Party (I Nonni, St. Paul, MN): Medium dark red color. PNP, open for an hour or so at the table I think; drank 1 glass over an hour. I thought this showed very well. Bright, strawberry, raspberry, vanilla, spiced on the nose. The palate has a nice core of red fruit with some more nuanced darker fruit, a little sourness to the fruit, nice texture with good overall balance and lift, spiced finish. A touch young, but really drinking quite well. 91+pts.
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Opened at I Nonnies upon arrival and started drinking about an hour later. Showing Mugnier's tell tale fruit purity, balance and lacy elegance. Mix of red and dark fruit, spice, earthiness and mineral with excellent lift. I bought about 4 bts total from the 2011Burg vintage beyond a couple basic bougognes but, even in an off vintage, Mugnier comes through with classic balanced Burgundy and a lovely NSG! I only have one more and should have bought a couple more.
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Was pumped to see this on a wine list at a restaurant and for a reasonable price!
Beautifully Burgundian nose of restrained fruit and quite a bit of earth. On the lighter side and true to the vintage but with everything nicely balanced. Really lovely.
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PnP. A bit shy on the nose, requiring some vigorous swirling to coax its high toned cherry nose out of the glass. Good freshness and purity with very fine tannins. Could almost be a chambolle but some notes of earth and underbrush betray its NSG origins. Lacking a little in weight but you get the transparency which mugnier is renowned for. Would probably hold on to these for a couple more years before popping the next one.
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Overall impression is that this is a beautiful 2011. A great winemaker with this difficult vintage. Nose is pure, cool, subdued and beautiful, with a miniscule touch of green. I don't think this will improve much with age. Drink now.
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From magnum. Started with lots of red berry nose and palate, but overt green pepper aromas (not quite vegetal) at first I didn't fully enjoyed. That green aspect completely dissipated after open 30+ minutes, and the more charming red fruit took control thereafter.
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Wines of Good Hope: Summer 2016; 7/9/2016-8/31/2016 (River's Inlet, British Columbia): Comparable to the bottle opened in Burgundy two months ago. Aromatically very good. Lots of raspberry and tart red cherry. Tightly wound at first but decanting helped. Some baking spices hanging around as well. Came back to a different half bottle of this left over after a day and it was actually really good juice, just young. Very pleasant.
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Tuesday Night Blind Tasting $70+ (Roswell, GA): Pale dull crimson, see through; lots of sulfur, smoky, tire, sour cherry, roses; good fat, sour cherry, very focused, mineral, brick dust, clay; good but very young.
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Premier nez sur la framboise et la canneberge. En bouche, le fruit est un peu mince à l'ouverture et le vin doit respirer pour perdre son côté fermier. Avec un peu d'aération, le nez se développe sur des notes d'épices douces et la bouche devient plus gourmande, éclatante et plus complexe, avec un léger côté ferreux et une petite touche de pâtisserie très agréable. Le lendemain, le vin est encore très bon et il s'est aussi légèrement bonifié. La prochaine bouteille sera ouverte dans deux ans.
Mugnier a réussi à produire un vin qui transcende son millésime et j'ai eu beaucoup de plaisir à boire ce pinot noir. Cela dit, je ne crois pas que son prix soit justifié. J'ai bu des vins aussi bons pour beaucoup moins chers!
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Decanted for 30 min prior drinking; this wine was stellar; better than I expected and really excellent. The nose is beautiful and classic Nuits, lovely raspberry, cherry, and cranberry, hints of anise, and the gamy, iron, mineral notes associated with NSG. The palate is more voluptuous than I expected for a 2011, but it is ripe and fleshy with plenty of acidity to keep things fresh and very well integrated tannins. The finish is harmonious. Really a beautifully made wine and a pleasure to drink. I still suspect it will be better in 4-8 years so would probably hold, but it certainly drinks nicely now.
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Pop-n-pour. Although drinking this wine too young and without enough air this is a wonderful wine from a so-so vintage. Red cherry aroma, chalky and faint licorice characteristics on the nose. Very smooth and fine tannins which are integrated nicely. This is an extremely balanced and well-made wine showing great already. I bet the further complexities and nuances come to the forefront in the coming years. Will buy this wine again to find out! Found necessary to move up the score by a tick as by day 2 the wine was even better as deeper flavours had developed. What a great wine - best pinot noir in months.
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Lean, initially very horsey which blew off with a little air. Some green without being aggressive (e.g. 2004). Here it pays to spend a touch more and go for a better vintage with more Nuits character; leagues behind the 10.
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Gouté rapidement à son arrivée. Bouquet doté d'une superbe pureté, c'est fin avec entre autres de la fleur, du fruit rouge et du minéral. La bouche est éthérée, toute en douceur et transparente, bien qu'elle ne soit pas incroyablement profonde elle n'apparait jamais mince. Finale plus harmonieuse qu'anticipé, puisque je n'ai pas trouvé la petite rusticité du 2010 ni aucune trace végétale souvent associée au millésime. Un millésime plus immédiat, j'ai adoré! Au moins 91, peut-être un peu plus.
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This wine will warrant a 2 -3 point higher score with 3 more years of bottle age. Beautiful purity of bright red pinot fruit and already expressing secondary characteristics of truffle / mushroom, forest floor, and a striking minerality. A great burgundy for the price!
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Took it to dinner with GA Popped and poured which was a big mistake. The last sip 2 1/2 hrs later was much better. Big tannins with plenty of fruit this wine will improve much with cellaring. Will revisit in 3-5 years but I feel this will shine in around 10 years.
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Clean enough but lacking exceptional potential. Some elegance, but to the point of seeming excessively light, even allowing the modest 13% alcohol to poke through at times. Lacking great depth or structure, to drink relatively young.
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Chevalier Wine Tasting (Chicago, IL): Tasting, brief note. Consistent with prior tasting, perhaps a touch more lean. A young drinking vintage for this wine.
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Red and black fruited with a bit of spice and herbs. The acidity is high but is balanced by its minerality. The 2007 vintage drinks great now. I would cellar these a little longer. I still enjoyed the wine.
Tasted along with the 2005 and 2007. Moderate funk and sour red fruit on a fairly tight nose. On the palate, this shows as bordering on under ripe and not very concentrated. Slightly chalky toward the back, showing good tannic energy, perhaps my favorite quality of this wine. Unfortunately it flattens out, and comes up short on the finish. Placed 3rd of the 3 vintages for me.
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Slight bubble gum, dark red fruit. Good ripeness and structure, not a hint of green and some minerals at the end. Will be a decent early drinker and a very good NSG.
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Expressive aroma of sweet cherry, dried flowers, earth and aniseed. It is generous, full and sweet in the mouth with lovely purity of fruit and plenty of floral spice. It is silky of texture and highly perfumed, building through the palate and fanning out on the finish. A pretty Nuits of great balance and poise.
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See through darker ruby with pale rose rim; slight veggie like stemmy quality, darker cherry, ripe strawberry, traditional, classic, younger; nice roundness to the fruit, weighty back end, fine tannin, evolved and got better with air; very plush for NSG I was in Gevrey but Mugnier's style transcends the occasional rusticity found in NSG; 91+.
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Knightsbridge 2011 Burgundy Tasting and Sale (Northbrook, IL): Tasting, brief note. This is the 4th or 5th Time I'm trying this wine and it keeps getting better. Not a powerhouse, but lots of charming and elegant ripe red cherry and berries. Very good value.
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MASTER BORGOGNA AIS; 10/15/2013-6/28/2014 (HOTEL WESTIN PALACE MILANO): Che si addizionato di Profumo?! Mazzo di fiori di stagione in omaggio in un camerino da diva!! Karkadé, timo e finocchietto selvatico. Vaporoso e quasi pornografico!! In bocca delude un pó...giovanissimo, molto fine e pulito, tannino ancora vibrante e teso... molto carattere del terroir di Nuits. Gronda succo di fiori e terra, ma è un pó diluito... vino in sottrazione con finale esile
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Small pour at a tasting. Very disappointing. Underripe and pyraziney, with the red fruit on the nose marred by green, and short and bitter in the mouth. It's not exactly 04-style green, it just tastes underripe to me.
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Medium color. Medium weight. Brambly red fruit with persistent, rising green notes that dominate the finish. I have tasted this twice now and find the herbaceousness very problematic and unenjoyable. If you are averse to this characteristic, this is a wine to avoid regardless of the reputation of the producer.
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From 375. Both red and black cherry with some raspberry aromas. Similar flavors profile with background licorice and pepper hints. Very good textures throughout. A slight bitter hint for now on the very end, but I think this will soften in another year.
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Nuits St. Georges-Mostly Chevillon and Mugnier (Beltramo's, Menlo Park): Fairly deep color. Fragrant with candied fruit. Then, surprisingly cool style, lots of green elements atop light red fruit. Medium to lighter weight (actually the lightest wine of the flight), some earth, not much of a finish. The greener elements actually come up quite a bit and are worrisome in terms of the long term health and balance of the wine.
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Brought by Allred to Anvil (leftover from Knightsbridge tasting on 12/8). This was still tight as a drum 4 days after being opened. There is some red fruit and floral notes, but the tannins were still in the forefront.
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Cherry, currant, spice, licorice and perhaps even some raspberry in the bouquet. Nicely balanced, but still somewhat tight. Cherry, strawberry and mineral flavors with a good bit of underlying acidity.
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Knightsbridge Annual Holiday Burgundy Tasting and Sale (Northbrook, IL): Tasting, brief note. Consistent with another recent tasting. Black fruit aromas and flavors with some structure that's prominent for right now, but a very good combination of fruit, spice and structure for a few years from now.
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Another Saturday at Knightsbridge - mostly blind (Northbrook, IL): Lean black cherry and boysenberry aromas with subtle spice hints. Similar black fruit flavors behind firm and assertive tannins for now. Long finish with persistent fruit that just needs a few years to soften and integrate further. Not a powerhouse wine, this should really drink well around its 10 year mark.
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A little more open than the '10, this shows great fruit complexity and some elegant herbal notes, as well. Not "light" by any means, this has plenty of material and taut structure for the cellar.
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France 2013 - Côte d'Or; 4/24/2013-4/26/2013 (Beaune): Tasted at the Domaine. From barrel. Great nose of darker red fruit with a bit of spice. Firmer tannins than previous three wines and doesn't have the elegance of the CMs. Will need 7-10 years. (89-92).
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Palais de Congres: Des Grands Vins de Bourgogne (Beaune): Fresh red berries, clean mid-weight red with mineral back drop; excellent balance. Anything without a touch of green or stems in 2011 should be applauded, although it doesn't always detract from the wine. 90-91
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With Mugnier learning to know the vineyard more and more the quality increase year by year. The 2010 is a stunner of a wine and as good as any Chambolle 1er Cru out there. Given it is a NSG that is pretty special.This year it is also very fine with a transparent structure with red and a bit of blue fruit. This could possibly been given a better rating. I will get back when tasting from bottle. This was tasted from barrel.
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1/1/2024 - redknife Likes this wine: 94 Points
Took to Pastis miami
Late dinner with BB
A big elegant wine
No formal tasting notes but the wine showed beautifully with no decanting
Much improved from my previous bottle in a great spot now.
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12/28/2023 - WKC Likes this wine: 92 Points
Overtly floral and ripe notes of strawberry and cherries. Opens up on the palate after an hour. This is lovely stuff and improved in the glass. Paired ever so nicely with Otto white truffle linguine.
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11/19/2023 - VincentMorey Likes this wine:
A very lovely wine by an iconic producer. First bottle ever of any Mugnier and first also for this climat for me.
Ordered this from the list of a restaurant, and this was supposedly slow ox’d for 30 to 40 mins without a decant. It was actually ready to go. One noticeable thing is that the fruit fades very fast in the glass if there’s 1/3 of a pour remaining, so in order to keep the fruit aromas, the wine needed to be topped off every few minutes, else the alcohol vapors will come to the foreground.
The upside on the nose: beautiful aromas of fresh and dried strawberries, cherries, raspberries, light earth, herbs, spices, a bit of a roasted coffee note and a tiny hint of leather in there somewhere. Extremely elegant, and enough acidity from a cool vintage to enjoy in very refined upscale fine dining settings. I sensed nothing “rustic” about this, but to each their own. Easy to indulge on its own as well, as it is lighter than expected. I still prefer the Taupenot Mermes NSG Pruliers 2015 1er I had a few days prior but it was a treat for sure to experience this.
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8/17/2023 - Theamateurwinesnob Likes this wine:
Quick notes while drinking with a friend. Opened and let slow ox for an hour. The color had some nice bricking. On the nose, dried red fruit, pomegranate, floral, baking spice, and mushrooms. No greenness of the 2011 vintage detected.
Palate: spice, med acidity, med tannins, and well balanced. Drinking beautifully right now.
Corked this in 55degree F cooler and came back to it 4 hours later after going to dinner, and it went dead. It became thin and lean. Didn’t give as much on the nose or palate. Experienced drinkers, what does this mean?
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7/7/2023 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 93 Points
This was drinking very well. Gamey nose and dark red fruit and dark orange notes. I would have liked a bit more finesse but a lovely red burg in its midlife.
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7/1/2023 - diffwine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Here are my basic notes since I wasn't really focusing on the wine much.
Earthy and mushroomy when first opened. Not much fruit. After an hour or so the fruit started to appear and helped the wine come together. This is drinking pretty well right now.
Typical Burgundy, paired really well with a filet topped with foie gras and red wine demi.
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6/2/2023 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Amazing and kicking right now but with lots of structure too. Lots of spice and character. Youthful.
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3/21/2023 - Bottlesofburgundy Likes this wine: 91 Points
The wine was earthy with a hint of farmyard on the nose.
On the palate - beautiful fruit balanced with great acidity. Delicious! Doesn’t have the complexity of Grand Cru but in such a great spot now I will happily drink this every day.
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1/22/2023 - Rezy13 wrote:
Clos de la Marechale Vertical (Decatur, GA): 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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1/21/2023 - astroman Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pnp. Probably near the peak now and can be enjoyed over the next couple of years.
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1/9/2023 - RobinTeo wrote: 90 Points
The one with Frederic Mugnier (Les Amis): Mugnier dinner at Les Amis with Frederic Mugnier
Bouquet opened with cola cherry, raspberries, violets, some earth and a very light touch of dried red fruit. Slightly restrained showing some rusticity and a touch of greenness from what felt like stems. Palate showing glimpses of richness with good balance but I thought it lacked a bit of that complexity today and felt a bit "watery and airy". Alone it lacked a bit of magic but paired superbly with the tenderloin main course.
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10/8/2022 - Aravind Asok wrote:
Pop and pour. About 2 years since my last btl. Wow, stunning now.. Cola, soft nuits earth and game, dried raspberry and wild strawberry, perfume for days. On the palate: fantastic acidity, a touch thin, but somehow simultaneous denser on the finish, which shows loads of spice, strawberry.
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9/15/2022 - oxwombat Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opened at the Landmark Mandarin in HK. P&P and enjoyed over several hours.
No extensive notes taken, but quite structured and took a bit of time to properly express itself. Mugnier elegance but not at the same level as his Chambolles. Decent drinking window, just let it breathe a little bit. Good mix of red and darker fruit.
I look forward to tasting later vintages in a few years as the old influences of Faiveley's management is slowly phased out, and as such expect this wine to get better.
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12/25/2021 - EdwardsCellar Likes this wine: 91 Points
supple red fruits and earthy notes. seems to be entering a good drinking window. beautiful now and will get better. paired well with smoked duck and quail for christmas dinner.
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10/30/2021 - Cote d'Or wrote:
Tasted over 3 hrs
-med dark red violet minimal clearing
-bright cherry fruit with some wet stone, a light herbal note emerges after a couple hours
-med+ acidity is well-buffered by the med weight and moderately concentrated yet focused mid-palate with some fading black cherry and a pronounced high-toned slightly bitter mineral saline element, occasional glimpse of black pepper, med/med- tannins; becomes a bit medicinal by hour 3
-quite good now though unsure of its lifespan given some degradation over several hours
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8/22/2021 - Pinot_Geek Likes this wine: 92 Points
Savory, dark dry fruit, spicy. Light-medium body with mellowed tannic structure.
Flashier, fruit-forward wines will overshadow this one, but give it time to open up and pair with some grilled lamb or roast chicken and you are in business.
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8/22/2021 - decaturwinedude wrote: 95 Points
A Good Saturday: Mostly Burgundy (Decatur, GA): Blind...Very pretty nose. Burgundy. Tea, spice, stems. So fragrant. Youthful, but elegant. Beautiful wine. Why people chase Burgundy.
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6/12/2021 - AWBryce wrote:
dusty red fruits, funky, red berries on the palate, good structure and ripeness. well balanced, in a good spot
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5/23/2021 - europat55 wrote: 92 Points
Generous nose with some funk upon opening, but that mostly faded away after 30 minutes: 92, Palate: 91
My #2, Group's #3 (28 pts). Tasted blind.
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4/2/2021 - bugles Likes this wine: 93 Points
fruit is starting to fade already. as pleasurable as this is, funny enough if i was served this in a blind tasting i would have probably called it a NZ Pinot noir.
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3/7/2021 - rSyver wrote: 91 Points
Some air does nothing but good to the wine. The floral, light red fruit mixed with the more darker and almost earthy elements makes a great nose. Some mineral elements, which is also mirrored on the palate. Great balance, long.
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2/19/2021 - Mazy Likes this wine: 90 Points
Un vin difficile à analyser. À l’ouverture, il est fermé. Une attaque sur les notes fermières, un déséquilibre apparent en bouche. Il lui faudra un bon 2 heures en carafe pour se révéler sous son meilleur jour: un nez avenant sur les fruits noirs, une belle complexité en bouche. Un vin qui demeure intellectuel, qui demande de l’attention voire même un moment de méditation. C’est excellent mais il faut lui laisser le temps de respirer et l’ouvrir quand on a envie d’y donner toute notre attention.
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2/13/2021 - mmcdds Likes this wine: 92 Points
This was drinking beautifully tonight with lots of bright, earthy red fruit with excellent depth and concentration for its level. It needed about an hour of air to really show its stuff.
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2/11/2021 - Pknut wrote:
Was very surprised by how young and unevolved this showed. Was expecting a much lighter and more accessible wine for an '11. This is still dark and shows a darker fruited, primary palate, although texturally this is pretty smooth. No degradation over three nights, which also speaks to its foundations, and it drinks just fine and smooth, but it's just not saying much. Steak night, in the Berkshires.
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12/18/2020 - lars1014 Likes this wine:
This wine is really hitting its stride. Good time to open up a few if you have them
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11/28/2020 - Aravind Asok wrote:
Pop and pour, notes from Day 2 open. Well, wow, this was a lot better than my last bottle. On the nose: lovely nuits funk, soft stems, black pepper, black cherry, pomegranate. On the palate: black cherry, lovely density, pomegranate molasses, soft vanilla. Lovely acidic spine and soft tannin on the elegant finish. Paired perfectly with our quiche.
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11/14/2020 - DougLee wrote: 93 Points
Translucent ruby color. Nose of cherry pits, iodine, pine forest, smoky earth, and full-blown violets. Fine-grained, satin-textured palate revealing deep but soaring red and black cherry, sweet earth, camphor, and brier. Beautiful acidity and filed off tannin. Long finish of mildly tart, subtly ripe red fruit cut with iron particles. Balanced, detailed, elegant wine with soul. So satisfying.
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9/25/2020 - DougLee wrote: 92 Points
Medium ruby color. Exotic nose of hothouse flowers, fecund earth, iron, ripe red berry, camphor. Shimmering layers of elegant red raspberry and mulberry fruit steeped in dark soil, ferric notes, and iodine. Crisp acidity and filed-off tannin. Long finish of echoing red fruit, dirt, and slow, sweet grip. Beautiful wine for the vintage and an all-out bargain year after year.
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7/24/2020 - ANWW89 Likes this wine: 92 Points
ruby red. aromas of flowers, forest floor, smoke. palate showed red cherries, strawberries, cola, herb, paprika spice. Good minerality and acid. Light in personality but not in taste or quality. Elegant.
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7/21/2020 - Jason Stein wrote: 89 Points
Maybe caught it at a bad time. Muted, though still graceful and floral and clearly Mugnier. Not green but definitely lacking ripeness and substance.
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6/20/2020 - mclanew Likes this wine: 91 Points
Consistent with previous notes
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6/17/2020 - dnnk88 wrote: 91 Points
CB Wine Night #17 (turned out to be the last CB Wine Night) - WT Last Day!: This was not bad, and should improve with more time. 91/92
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6/12/2020 - Collector1855 wrote: 91 Points
Tasted blind. Somoky nose with the toasted oak still a bit on the foreground. Light, acidic palate, good balance. Elegant, an easy drinking Burg.
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5/25/2020 - anstruletz Likes this wine: 92 Points
Proof that great producers make great wine even in lesser vintages, the 2011 Marechale explodes from the glass with roses/violets, dried herbs, and dark fruit. A hint of maturity on the palate brings the black fruits alive with smoke and black licorice. This is in a very good place, but by no means should you feel the need to rush.
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5/8/2020 - mclanew Likes this wine: 91 Points
This time decide to pop and pour. Needed about twenty minutes to ease u in the glass. Nice but modest nose of plum and violets. The palate is round and full in the mouth with gentle flavors of juicy black cherries, plums with a little earth and spice in the mid palate. Not a great wine but really delicious right now.
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3/16/2020 - vinhonotte Likes this wine: 92 Points
Medium garnet. Red floral aromas, and slight greenish moss. Flavours bit restrained but with a good earthy hit, of twigs, red flowers, pepper, paprika, and some redcurrants and cherry at the back. Nice length!
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1/19/2020 - mclanew Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted three hours. Pretty but modest nose of raspberries, spice and a touch of wood. The palate is delicious and rounded with raspberries, strawberries, earth and mushrooms coming through into a moderate finish The wine is nicely balanced and fully mature and I don’t think will get much better.
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11/16/2019 - MWiking wrote: flawed
Unfortunately a Funky taste and a smell of death.
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11/10/2019 - rSyver wrote: 89 Points
Needs some air to open up, but this is good to go - and no immediate need rush them. Balance is great, good length, fruit on the darker side. Great!
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11/1/2019 - mclanew Likes this wine: 92 Points
After a one hour decant this is in a great drinking window. Terrific but restrained nose of strawberry plum and spice. The body is silky and graceful in style with pretty nose of strawberry, raspberry, earth and herbs. Overall delicious although not as deep and complex as the better vintages of this. This is in a perfect drinking window and continues my experience that a lot of premier crus from 2011 are in a great drinking window now.
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9/27/2019 - Pinot_Geek Likes this wine:
From a half bottle 375cc. Reticent at first.
With airtime, tart cherry, savory, woody-stemmy, tooth gripping tannins. Some nice Pinot funk.
Personally I prefer the more approachable and fruit-forward expressions of this excellent producer/vineyard (14s, 15s, 16s). But this is a good and serious wine from a tough vintage.
Try it paired with game, lamb, grilled salmon, mushrooms and it will sing.
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3/11/2019 - Chateau du Fey 1994 wrote: 92 Points
Stunning wine. Amazing nose full of earthy tones and classic Burgundian terroir. Still pretty tight with tannins that suggest it has the structure to last for years to come. But drinking very nicely now.
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3/8/2019 - Varchas wrote: 92 Points
This turned into a fantastic bottle and experience. Initially, despite having a nice nose, the palate was devoid of fruit and was predominantly earth driven. In fact, I would even go so far as to say it had almost no fruit. On its own it was was like drinking water with soft tannins. Having some food helped but it was pretty empty still.
Fast forward two hours in the decanter: everything opened up — nose, palate, mouth. Started drinking more like a more savory chambolle but with enough red fruit to really bring it all together. I still wished for a bit more fruit but this is very typical of the vintage. Great food wine. I recently had the Mugnier 2011 Chambolle and this is only a very small notch below despite being much cheaper in price.
Lessons here for me are
1). Don’t doubt Clos Marechale as being a world class wine and very representative of Mugnier’s style despite the size and reputation of the vineyard.
2). These need time. They are easy to find and purchase but that doesn’t mean they can just be popped. 10+ years is ideal
3). Decant for a while if you are going to try it young (<10 years)
This is the only affordable Mugnier out there — buy every vintage while the price is still reasonable.
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2/15/2019 - Timothy Sung Likes this wine: 92 Points
A wine worthy of its 1er cru title, if not more.
Complex, and also got enough characters.
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2/13/2019 - dagij wrote: 85 Points
From a vertical of Mugnier's Marechal 2004 to 2016. LIght red colour, somewhit watery at the rim. Very reductive nose at first, almost nothing but smoked ham (!), smoke and mushrooms. Full bodied, hints of sweet fruit in the mid part, but that is quickly overshadowed by dry tannins and some very green tones (green peppers). There is clearly some fruit at the back struggeling to get through, but at the moment it does not succeed. A bit like the 09, but with much greener tones. A disappointment.
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1/4/2019 - Ms. Bubblehead wrote:
Half bottle format. It’s an ok wine for not an easy vintage. Overall, got the smoke, tar, purple fruits and a bit mineral on the nose and the palate, there was modest oakiness and a touch of greenness into finish, lack of complexity I was hoping for from JF Mugnier.
Clos de la Maréchale is the largest monopole in Burgundy
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1/1/2019 - Loekkeboe Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very nice. Ready too drink. Kind of a Nuits in a Chambolle sort of way.
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12/27/2018 - frenchiecagowine Likes this wine: 90 Points
Puzzling wine. I don't mind the power but this was all power upon opening, almost smoky with the fruit hidden in the background. It actually paired very well with my venison and raspberry sauce. It finally opened up after a while showing more delicate notes.
I am not sure however that it will benefit from more aging as fruit will probably be taken over quickly.
Great to drink now, with a fair amount of decanting time.
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10/27/2018 - rlove wrote: 91 Points
An initial funk blew off quickly to reveal red berry, aniseed, smoke, and cedar. Fleshy and soft, integrated tannins, moderate acidity. Clos de Maréchale, for such a large vineyard, impresses for its consistent character vintage over vintage.
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7/16/2018 - dansamsoe Likes this wine:
Cherries with a herbal note from the vintage. Soft sweet tannins. Delicious.
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3/16/2018 - Aravind Asok wrote:
Decanted. Beautiful nose with a touch of Nuits funk, stems, some vanilla. On the palate, good acidity, loads of black cherry and raspberry. Some oaky bitterness on the finish, which also shows some finely grained tannin. Much more open than the 09 at this stage. After about 1.5 hrs open, shows mainly stems
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1/8/2018 - StainedGlass wrote: 92 Points
I thought this was delicious considering its youthfulness. Clear ruby color. A light but wonderful nose and a medium to light weight body with elegant red berry fruits and spices. Not complex or powerful but well balanced and interesting.
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1/1/2018 - dansamsoe Likes this wine:
The vintage is clear but this is still very well made. Soft tannins, elegant, lots of light red cherries with a herbal tone. Delicious for my taste.
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12/17/2017 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:
This is a classic example of a good producer making great wine in a so-so vintage. The nose is beautiful with loads of cranberry and red raspberry; lovely Nuits gamy/iron/blood notes, violet, and just a touch of spice. The palate is simply delicious with great red fruit, beautiful balance and good depth for the vintage and level. This is the type of wine that is pure enjoyment and a great way to taste one of Burgundy's masters for a reasonable price. Wish I had more...
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10/28/2017 - rc@ughey wrote: 92 Points
Gorgeous. The red-berry nose is sweet and evocative. A touch linear on the palate, but this light-medium bodied wine is elegant and gulpable, with red fruits, high acidity, and very fine tannins. A bit simple, and a touch sweet, but very good overall impression.
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8/30/2017 - dansamsoe Likes this wine:
Drinks well. A fin 2011 showing red fruit with a touch of 2011 characteristic herbal notes. Soft and smooth tannins.
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8/7/2017 - cool53 wrote: 91 Points
Earthy, spicy, a little herbs and olive notes. Red fruits (strawberry, raspberry). On the palate, it's smooth, medium body, earthy and herbs, medium length finish. Drink very well now.
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4/23/2017 - Jean-Philippe M Likes this wine:
Très belle bouteille, par contre, un coup de carafe est essentiel, car le vin est très "vert". Le vin est légèrement acide, aucun tannin, très pinoté, balsamique et petit fruit rouge. Le vin a un bel équilibre entre sa puissance et sa finesse. C'est un bel achat, un must pour les fans de Bourgogne.
4/5
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2/25/2017 - Rezy13 wrote:
Even this wine which was beautiful in its youth is now giving way to the strong herbaceous qualities of the vintage, here the fruit and texture made this more forgiving and drinkable.
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1/29/2017 - TheFrog Likes this wine: 92 Points
Oh Oh... This is good... This is great a nice pinky noir that fast fantastic.
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1/7/2017 - cos65 Likes this wine:
Decanted and poured
Earthy spicy strawberry flavors, bright juicy acidity, a real joy to drink now.
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12/9/2016 - rocknroller wrote: 91 Points
Annual Tasting Group Holiday Party (I Nonni, St. Paul, MN): Medium dark red color. PNP, open for an hour or so at the table I think; drank 1 glass over an hour. I thought this showed very well. Bright, strawberry, raspberry, vanilla, spiced on the nose. The palate has a nice core of red fruit with some more nuanced darker fruit, a little sourness to the fruit, nice texture with good overall balance and lift, spiced finish. A touch young, but really drinking quite well. 91+pts.
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12/9/2016 - chablis28 wrote: 92 Points
Opened at I Nonnies upon arrival and started drinking about an hour later. Showing Mugnier's tell tale fruit purity, balance and lacy elegance. Mix of red and dark fruit, spice, earthiness and mineral with excellent lift. I bought about 4 bts total from the 2011Burg vintage beyond a couple basic bougognes but, even in an off vintage, Mugnier comes through with classic balanced Burgundy and a lovely NSG! I only have one more and should have bought a couple more.
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11/25/2016 - Cj802 Likes this wine:
Was pumped to see this on a wine list at a restaurant and for a reasonable price!
Beautifully Burgundian nose of restrained fruit and quite a bit of earth. On the lighter side and true to the vintage but with everything nicely balanced. Really lovely.
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9/12/2016 - dchoo077 wrote: 90 Points
PnP. A bit shy on the nose, requiring some vigorous swirling to coax its high toned cherry nose out of the glass. Good freshness and purity with very fine tannins. Could almost be a chambolle but some notes of earth and underbrush betray its NSG origins. Lacking a little in weight but you get the transparency which mugnier is renowned for. Would probably hold on to these for a couple more years before popping the next one.
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8/27/2016 - Sixchips600 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Overall impression is that this is a beautiful 2011. A great winemaker with this difficult vintage. Nose is pure, cool, subdued and beautiful, with a miniscule touch of green. I don't think this will improve much with age. Drink now.
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8/11/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 89 Points
From magnum. Started with lots of red berry nose and palate, but overt green pepper aromas (not quite vegetal) at first I didn't fully enjoyed. That green aspect completely dissipated after open 30+ minutes, and the more charming red fruit took control thereafter.
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7/31/2016 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 91 Points
Wines of Good Hope: Summer 2016; 7/9/2016-8/31/2016 (River's Inlet, British Columbia): Comparable to the bottle opened in Burgundy two months ago. Aromatically very good. Lots of raspberry and tart red cherry. Tightly wound at first but decanting helped. Some baking spices hanging around as well. Came back to a different half bottle of this left over after a day and it was actually really good juice, just young. Very pleasant.
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7/15/2016 - MWiking wrote: 91 Points
tight och stramt och inte alls färdigt att drickas än men vädligt gott ändå och lovar mycket för framtiden.
väldigt mörk och snygg frukt. 91>
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4/19/2016 - Rezy13 wrote:
Tuesday Night Blind Tasting $70+ (Roswell, GA): Pale dull crimson, see through; lots of sulfur, smoky, tire, sour cherry, roses; good fat, sour cherry, very focused, mineral, brick dust, clay; good but very young.
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4/16/2016 - duvinetdeshommes Likes this wine: 89 Points
Premier nez sur la framboise et la canneberge. En bouche, le fruit est un peu mince à l'ouverture et le vin doit respirer pour perdre son côté fermier. Avec un peu d'aération, le nez se développe sur des notes d'épices douces et la bouche devient plus gourmande, éclatante et plus complexe, avec un léger côté ferreux et une petite touche de pâtisserie très agréable. Le lendemain, le vin est encore très bon et il s'est aussi légèrement bonifié. La prochaine bouteille sera ouverte dans deux ans.
Mugnier a réussi à produire un vin qui transcende son millésime et j'ai eu beaucoup de plaisir à boire ce pinot noir. Cela dit, je ne crois pas que son prix soit justifié. J'ai bu des vins aussi bons pour beaucoup moins chers!
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3/30/2016 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:
Decanted for 30 min prior drinking; this wine was stellar; better than I expected and really excellent. The nose is beautiful and classic Nuits, lovely raspberry, cherry, and cranberry, hints of anise, and the gamy, iron, mineral notes associated with NSG. The palate is more voluptuous than I expected for a 2011, but it is ripe and fleshy with plenty of acidity to keep things fresh and very well integrated tannins. The finish is harmonious. Really a beautifully made wine and a pleasure to drink. I still suspect it will be better in 4-8 years so would probably hold, but it certainly drinks nicely now.
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3/25/2016 - jrh82 wrote: 94 Points
Pop-n-pour. Although drinking this wine too young and without enough air this is a wonderful wine from a so-so vintage. Red cherry aroma, chalky and faint licorice characteristics on the nose. Very smooth and fine tannins which are integrated nicely. This is an extremely balanced and well-made wine showing great already. I bet the further complexities and nuances come to the forefront in the coming years. Will buy this wine again to find out! Found necessary to move up the score by a tick as by day 2 the wine was even better as deeper flavours had developed. What a great wine - best pinot noir in months.
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11/22/2015 - englishman's claret wrote: 88 Points
Lean, initially very horsey which blew off with a little air. Some green without being aggressive (e.g. 2004). Here it pays to spend a touch more and go for a better vintage with more Nuits character; leagues behind the 10.
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10/9/2015 - nadecesse wrote: 91 Points
M'a semblé cette fois légèrement moins expressif et un peu plus ferme en final (finement végétal), mais toujours excellent. 90-91
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9/26/2015 - nadecesse wrote: 91 Points
Gouté rapidement à son arrivée. Bouquet doté d'une superbe pureté, c'est fin avec entre autres de la fleur, du fruit rouge et du minéral. La bouche est éthérée, toute en douceur et transparente, bien qu'elle ne soit pas incroyablement profonde elle n'apparait jamais mince. Finale plus harmonieuse qu'anticipé, puisque je n'ai pas trouvé la petite rusticité du 2010 ni aucune trace végétale souvent associée au millésime. Un millésime plus immédiat, j'ai adoré! Au moins 91, peut-être un peu plus.
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8/18/2015 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 90 Points
This wine will warrant a 2 -3 point higher score with 3 more years of bottle age. Beautiful purity of bright red pinot fruit and already expressing secondary characteristics of truffle / mushroom, forest floor, and a striking minerality. A great burgundy for the price!
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6/6/2015 - Burgundy Al wrote: 87 Points
From 375 ml bottle. Red cherry throughout, slightly lean, elegant spice and textures. Faint hint of green notes on nose, none on palate. Good now.
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5/29/2015 - JOsgood wrote:
Served blind at the Domaine by Frederic. Lovely nose. Good grip and red fruits on the palate. I'd love to drink this with a nice roast chicken.
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4/25/2015 - redknife Likes this wine: 92 Points
Took it to dinner with GA
Popped and poured which was a big mistake. The last sip 2 1/2 hrs later was much better. Big tannins with plenty of fruit this wine will improve much with cellaring. Will revisit in 3-5 years but I feel this will shine in around 10 years.
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3/14/2015 - Burgundy Al wrote: 88 Points
Another Saturday at Chevalier...Mostly Blind (Chicago, IL): Good array of accessible red fruit aromas and flavors with modest spice. Overall easy to enjoy right now once a little mustiness blew off.
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3/14/2015 - LWI wrote: 89 Points
Deep PN smell, some funk, fresh, but a little bit too short.
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3/13/2015 - petitblanc wrote: 88 Points
Clean enough but lacking exceptional potential. Some elegance, but to the point of seeming excessively light, even allowing the modest 13% alcohol to poke through at times. Lacking great depth or structure, to drink relatively young.
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2/7/2015 - Burgundy Al wrote: 88 Points
Chevalier Wine Tasting (Chicago, IL): Tasting, brief note. Consistent with prior tasting, perhaps a touch more lean. A young drinking vintage for this wine.
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2/7/2015 - Sheila62 Likes this wine:
Red and black fruited with a bit of spice and herbs. The acidity is high but is balanced by its minerality. The 2007 vintage drinks great now. I would cellar these a little longer. I still enjoyed the wine.
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1/18/2015 - Robert Pavlovich wrote:
Tasted along with the 2005 and 2007. Moderate funk and sour red fruit on a fairly tight nose. On the palate, this shows as bordering on under ripe and not very concentrated. Slightly chalky toward the back, showing good tannic energy, perhaps my favorite quality of this wine. Unfortunately it flattens out, and comes up short on the finish. Placed 3rd of the 3 vintages for me.
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1/16/2015 - grafstrb wrote:
-- tasted a couple pours blind over a couple hours --
-- from 375mL --
NOSE: tight and red-fruited.
APPEARANCE: medium-dark color of medium depth
TASTE: a touch stemmy; red fruited; little funky; medium-light fruit concentration; medium-short finish of medium-light intensity.
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11/26/2014 - AudunG wrote: 89 Points
Perfumed pinot aromas with some oak. Soft and lovely in the mouth. A bit weak acidity.
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11/9/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 89 Points
Knightsbridge Annual Holiday Burgundy/Champagne Tasting and Sale (Northbrook, IL): Tasting, brief note. Red and black cherry with some licorice and thyme. Drinking well now.
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9/2/2014 - Iwish4256 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bouquet of leather and licorice. Flavorful red berry taste on the palate. Above average texture. Smooth slightly tannic finish. Above average QPR.
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7/7/2014 - Pacalet Likes this wine: 90 Points
Slight bubble gum, dark red fruit. Good ripeness and structure, not a hint of green and some minerals at the end. Will be a decent early drinker and a very good NSG.
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7/1/2014 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Expressive aroma of sweet cherry, dried flowers, earth and aniseed. It is generous, full and sweet in the mouth with lovely purity of fruit and plenty of floral spice. It is silky of texture and highly perfumed, building through the palate and fanning out on the finish. A pretty Nuits of great balance and poise.
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6/27/2014 - Rezy13 Likes this wine: 91 Points
See through darker ruby with pale rose rim; slight veggie like stemmy quality, darker cherry, ripe strawberry, traditional, classic, younger; nice roundness to the fruit, weighty back end, fine tannin, evolved and got better with air; very plush for NSG I was in Gevrey but Mugnier's style transcends the occasional rusticity found in NSG; 91+.
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4/6/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Knightsbridge 2011 Burgundy Tasting and Sale (Northbrook, IL): Tasting, brief note. This is the 4th or 5th Time I'm trying this wine and it keeps getting better. Not a powerhouse, but lots of charming and elegant ripe red cherry and berries. Very good value.
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3/31/2014 - camben Likes this wine: 92 Points
Always been one of my favourites. Floral nose hiding right now. Cellar wine
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3/26/2014 - galenico wrote: 89 Points
MASTER BORGOGNA AIS; 10/15/2013-6/28/2014 (HOTEL WESTIN PALACE MILANO): Che si addizionato di Profumo?! Mazzo di fiori di stagione in omaggio in un camerino da diva!! Karkadé, timo e finocchietto selvatico. Vaporoso e quasi pornografico!!
In bocca delude un pó...giovanissimo, molto fine e pulito, tannino ancora vibrante e teso... molto carattere del terroir di Nuits.
Gronda succo di fiori e terra, ma è un pó diluito... vino in sottrazione con finale esile
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3/16/2014 - coremill wrote:
Small pour at a tasting. Very disappointing. Underripe and pyraziney, with the red fruit on the nose marred by green, and short and bitter in the mouth. It's not exactly 04-style green, it just tastes underripe to me.
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1/31/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium color. Medium weight. Brambly red fruit with persistent, rising green notes that dominate the finish. I have tasted this twice now and find the herbaceousness very problematic and unenjoyable. If you are averse to this characteristic, this is a wine to avoid regardless of the reputation of the producer.
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1/15/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 89 Points
From 375. Both red and black cherry with some raspberry aromas. Similar flavors profile with background licorice and pepper hints. Very good textures throughout. A slight bitter hint for now on the very end, but I think this will soften in another year.
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1/11/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Nuits St. Georges-Mostly Chevillon and Mugnier (Beltramo's, Menlo Park): Fairly deep color. Fragrant with candied fruit. Then, surprisingly cool style, lots of green elements atop light red fruit. Medium to lighter weight (actually the lightest wine of the flight), some earth, not much of a finish. The greener elements actually come up quite a bit and are worrisome in terms of the long term health and balance of the wine.
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12/11/2013 - AllRed wrote: 89 Points
Cherry and herb notes which follow through on the palate. Seems a bit flat; has held up well since being opened over 72 hours ago at this point.
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12/11/2013 - thelostverse wrote: 90 Points
Brought by Allred to Anvil (leftover from Knightsbridge tasting on 12/8). This was still tight as a drum 4 days after being opened. There is some red fruit and floral notes, but the tannins were still in the forefront.
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12/10/2013 - AllRed wrote: 90 Points
Cherry, currant, spice, licorice and perhaps even some raspberry in the bouquet. Nicely balanced, but still somewhat tight. Cherry, strawberry and mineral flavors with a good bit of underlying acidity.
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12/8/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Knightsbridge Annual Holiday Burgundy Tasting and Sale (Northbrook, IL): Tasting, brief note. Consistent with another recent tasting. Black fruit aromas and flavors with some structure that's prominent for right now, but a very good combination of fruit, spice and structure for a few years from now.
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11/9/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
Another Saturday at Knightsbridge - mostly blind (Northbrook, IL): Lean black cherry and boysenberry aromas with subtle spice hints. Similar black fruit flavors behind firm and assertive tannins for now. Long finish with persistent fruit that just needs a few years to soften and integrate further. Not a powerhouse wine, this should really drink well around its 10 year mark.
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11/3/2013 - yofog wrote: 92 Points
A little more open than the '10, this shows great fruit complexity and some elegant herbal notes, as well. Not "light" by any means, this has plenty of material and taut structure for the cellar.
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7/1/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Day One in Burgundy: Fourrier, Mugnier, d'Angerville, Roulot (Cote d'Or): Tasting at Domaine. Black cherry and blackberry aromas with some dried herbs. Similar flavor profile, slightly firm in a typical NSG manner, particularly on finish with moderate length.
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4/25/2013 - godx wrote:
France 2013 - Côte d'Or; 4/24/2013-4/26/2013 (Beaune): Tasted at the Domaine. From barrel. Great nose of darker red fruit with a bit of spice. Firmer tannins than previous three wines and doesn't have the elegance of the CMs. Will need 7-10 years. (89-92).
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11/17/2012 - peternelson wrote: 90 Points
Palais de Congres: Des Grands Vins de Bourgogne (Beaune): Fresh red berries, clean mid-weight red with mineral back drop; excellent balance. Anything without a touch of green or stems in 2011 should be applauded, although it doesn't always detract from the wine. 90-91
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11/10/2012 - St Paul wrote: 93 Points
With Mugnier learning to know the vineyard more and more the quality increase year by year. The 2010 is a stunner of a wine and as good as any Chambolle 1er Cru out there. Given it is a NSG that is pretty special.This year it is also very fine with a transparent structure with red and a bit of blue fruit. This could possibly been given a better rating. I will get back when tasting from bottle. This was tasted from barrel.
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