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2015 Nuits-St Georges Rouge, Clos de la Maréchale, 1er Cru, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Not ready
William Kelley
93+/100
Product: 20151049671
2015 Nuits-St Georges Rouge, Clos de la Maréchale, 1er Cru, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Burgundy

Description

A wonderful, bright, dense purple, this has a very intense, dark, ripe redcurrant nose. The same density carries through onto the palate, then juicy dark fruit emerges behind. Overall this is a very pure wine, light on its feet with lovely brisk, but not trenchant, acidity. Drink 2020-2028.
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer

Frédéric Mugnier usually begins his harvest with his Clos de la Maréchale but this year he picked his Chambolle vineyards first. There was no change to his vinification process for 2015 given that he employs a light hand in any vintage. Yields were lower than he expected – plenty of bunches but very small grapes – and Frédéric likes the style of the vintage. He notes that the tannins were not quite as ripe as 2005 and thus provide the fresher character evident in 2015.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier

Critics reviews

William Kelley 93+/100
Mugnier's 2015 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Marchale is a terrific success in the 2015 vintage and is strongly reminiscent of the excellent 2005 rendition, opening in the glass with aromas of creamy cassis, ripe cherry, dark chocolate and grilled squab. On the palate, the wine is deep, full-bodied and sapid, with succulent acids, an ample chassis of rich tannins and excellent length. This is one of the rare cases of a great Burgundy from a great domaine that is available in some volume, and no one should fixate on Mugnier's Chambolles at the expense of this lovely Nuits.William Kelley - 27/04/2018
William Kelley, RobertParker.com (Apr 2018)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Domaine Jacques-Frederic Mugnier

Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier is based at the Château de Chambolle-Musigny, which has been in the Mugnier family since 1863. Frédéric Mugnier – the fifth generation of the family on the property – took over in 1985. As of 2004, he has reclaimed the Nuits-St Georges Clos de la Maréchale vineyard, which had been on lease to Faiveley since 1950.
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