mugnier 06 nuits 1er clos de la marechale
Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits 1er Clos de la Maréchale I keep driving past this Clos and seeing the constant work going on there – and I don’t mean just the vines: In the last year or so, workmen have largely repaired the walls of the Clos – last week a pair… Read More
jacques frédéric mugnier 99 chambolle-musigny
A domaine that has become rather ‘over-hyped’ in the last couple of years, as a consequence availability is down and at the prices currently asked only the Nuits wines of the domaine continue to show value – perhaps that’s simply a function of the fact that they are the… Read More
mugnier 99 villages chambolle
Drunk as a counterpoint to yesterdays Lignier – it’s not a great start (by comparison) leave it with me a while – I’ll come back in a couple of hours… 1999 J-F Mugnier, Chambolle-Musigny The first bottle from a pack of 12 halves. Medium ruby-red, still… Read More
three christmas wines (fevre m-gibourg mugnier)
Christmas lunch was a long, leisurely affair. First we took the 2002 Fevre Chablis Bougros as an aperitif, then with food took two Piesporter Goldtropfchens – a 2004 and a 2003 from St.Urbans-Hof – then a couple of new reds: 2002 William Fevre, Chablis Bougros Pale… Read More
Profile: Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier (Chambolle)
The Mugniers originally hailed from Dijon. A successful 1800’s ‘liquor’ business was their platform to purchase in 1863 the Château de Chambolle-Musigny; an impressive bourgeois residence in the village of Chambolle – the house also happened to come with a modest 4 hectares of vineyards – modest in size… Read More
2024 today – subtitled, the cold and the rain !!
Monday 22 April 2024 – Pinot flowers forming in villages Chassagne… I think that now is a good time to turn our attention to the 2024 vintage. Vintages ending in a 4 have not had the greatest run of publicity; 2014 is an unheralded vintage but was… Read More
Boursot Père et Fils – 2022
Tasted in Chambolle-Musigny with Romaric & Romuald Boursot, 14 November 2023. Domaine Boursot Père et Fils 8 Rue de la Fontaine 21220 Chambolle-Musigny Tel: +33 3 80 62 80 82 www.boursotpereetfils.com Domaine Instagram More reports Romaric on 2023 & 2022: “We’re so happy – two full vintages. In 2022 it… Read More
Cassiopée – 2022
Tasted in Sampigny-lès-Maranges with Talloulah Mathurin, 18 July 2023 Domaine de Cassiopée 3 Rue de la Mairie 71150 Sampigny-lès-Maranges Such a young domaine – created in only 2020 – yet, despite having no website of their own, already with a formidable online presence if a simple Google search is anything… Read More
2021 Red Burgundy Part 2 – Côtes de Beaune & Nuits
2021 Red Burgundy Part 1: The Côte de Beaune – November 2022 2021 Red Burgundy Part 2: The Côte de Nuits – December 2022 (Here) 2021 Red Burgundy Part 3: Beaujolais – February 2023 29 March 2021 – 28°C – One week before the frost and snow arrived… What about… Read More