Domaine Jacques-Frederic Mugnier 2014 Nuits-St.-Georges "Clos de la Marechale" 1er Cru 750ml

Bright medium red. Dark cherry, raspberry and flowers on the nose, plus a whiff of earth. Much tighter in the mouth than the Chambolle villages but already wonderfully suave and perfumed, showing a dusty, tactile quality and a lovely balance of sweet and saline elements. The dark raspberry and menthol flavors carry impressively on the perfumed, minerally back end.

Score: 92 points -- Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, November 2016

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At the beginning of the 20th century, the estate founded in 1863 by Frédéric MUGNIER, a liquor-maker in Dijon, included nearly twenty hectares of the best vineyards spread over Chambolle-Musigny and Nuits-Saint-Georges. In 1950, following the economic crisis of the 1930s and the world war, Jacques-Frédéric MUGNIER, great-grandson of the first Frédéric, chose to sell the liquor business, and lease the vineyard out to a negociant in Nuits-saint-Georges.  The contract on the Chambolle vineyard ended in 1978 and 6 years later Frédéric MUGNIER, son of Jacques-Frédéric, assumed full responsibility for the family estate.  The most recent addition to the estate was the return of Clos de la Marechale to the domaine in 2004, changing dramatically its size and allowing a new and better organization. Our approach to both viticulture and wine-making is aimed at preserving in the wines the purest expression of Nature with minimal interference from technological practices.  We have a pragmatic approach to viticulture and we favour hand work and preventive protection methods in the vineyard. The purpose is not to eradicate pests and diseases but to preserve or  restore a rich and active ecosystem.  With healthy and ripe grapes grown on the greatest terroirs, wine-making only has to be kept simple and respectful.