not half good – 1999 mugnier chambolle
I’m really at a loss with these half bottles – luckily I have less and less of them… Way-back-when, when the 1999s were released I was fortunate enough to buy Mugnier’s Musigny, Amoureuses and villages Chambolle. I didn’t have much of the villages, but it tasted great, so I… Read More
interesting: mugnier and musigny…
Now isn’t this interesting. Pic stolen from a Facebook post… I have to say that I never really thought of Freddy Mugnier and Château Latour as bed-fellows, though I do understand the ‘stance’ and knowing FM, I’m sure it has nothing to do with the money. But… Read More
JF Mugnier 2012
Tasted in Chambolle-Musigny with Frédéric Mugnier, 19 May, 2014. Freddy on 2012: “2012 was one of a series of vintages where the temperature was often on the cool-side. There were already leaves on the vines in March but because of the cool Spring weather that followed, the flower had… Read More
mugnier’s 1999 chambolle-musigny
I wasted quite a lot of this wine in its youth: Actually, I didn’t waste any in its first flush of youth when it was just a consistently gorgeous wine, I wasted bottles between its 3rd and 10th birthdays, when the wine was often sullen and typically without charm. Read More
mugnier 2007 nuits clos de la maréchale
The Fourrier from the other night was excellent, so I can see myself looking at a few more 07s over the next days… 2007 JF Mugnier, Nuits St.Georges 1er Clos de la Marechale Medium, medium-plus colour. The nose… Read More
jf mugnier nuits 2006 1er clos de la maréchale
Another 2006? Well it seems perfect to compare a Pommard with a Nuits – in reality less-so in this case; a Nuits 1er made by Fédéric Mugnier in the Chambolle style – maybe it’s his yeasts! I also remember the Nuits / Vosne area to be the peak of… Read More
mugnier 1999 chambolle – part deux
After the (half) bottle at the weekend I was compelled to check it wasn’t an aberrant bottle – it wasn’t. One might convince oneself that the volatile impression is actually a heavy floral note – and the last drops in the glass are quite fine – but that would… Read More
mugnier 1999 chambolle
Way-back-when (actually about 8 years ago), out of half a dozen decent 99 Chambolles this was the one that had that extra dimension. I put plenty of halves in the cellar to keep me away from the bigger bottles, but also to for keeping an eye on the vintage;… Read More
mugnier 1994 musigny
I’d heard that this was on its last legs. So rather than let it fester in the cellar, I hoped that maybe there was a chance of a last ‘hurrah’ but it seems reports of this wine’s death have been exaggerated! 1994 JF Mugnier, Musigny… Read More