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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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8/6/2023 - melzar wrote: 93 Points
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.
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10/26/2022 - burg_gram_Jason wrote: 93 Points
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.
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8/8/2021 - LWI wrote: 92 Points
Blind. Airy, elegant, complex and lingering.
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8/7/2021 - Ghoulardi wrote:
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.
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4/1/2021 - Rezy13 wrote:
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.
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