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2011 Nuits-St Georges Rouge, Clos de la Maréchale, 1er Cru, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready - youthful
Neal Martin MW
91/100
Jancis Robinson MW
16.5/20
Allen Meadows
90-92/100
Product: 20111049671
2011 Nuits-St Georges Rouge, Clos de la Maréchale, 1er Cru, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Burgundy

Description

This is another beautiful wine in Frédéric Mugnier’s refined style. It is really gracious with superbly succulent and seductive fruit on the nose, followed by a very long mouthful of silky fruit with interwoven threads of red and black.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director “I refuse absolutely to harvest in August” said Freddy Mugnier while thinking about the upcoming vendanges. In fact he began on 2nd September and has brought in some very fine wines in 2011, a vintage which pleases him for its elegance, balance and harmony. Once again all the wine has qualified for the main Clos de la Maréchale label.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2011
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 91/100
The 2011 Nuits St. Georges Clos de Marechale (red) has a wonderful bouquet with brambly black and red fruit, a touch of truffle and a scent of the sea. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins unassuming at first, but building in the mouth toward a structured, focused, almost symmetrical finish that delivers a long, satisfying, lightly peppered aftertaste that is classic in style. Excellent. Drink 2015-2025+.Neil Martin - 30/10/2013
Drink 2015 - 2025
Neal Martin MW, (Oct 2013)
Jancis Robinson MW 16.5/20
Firm and fine – quite assertive. Racy and a little richer than the average Nuits but more like Nuits than some earlier vintages to me. Very dry on the end, real texture. Lifted. jancis_robinson_mw, julia_harding MW & Richard Hemming - JancisRobinson.com - Jan 2013
Drink 2015 - 2025
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2013)
Allen Meadows 90-92/100
A pure and appealingly fresh nose of relatively elegant red berry fruit is liberally laced with earth and spice hints. There is a lilting mouth feel to the energetic, intense and equally pure medium-bodied flavors that possess plenty of that beguiling sense of underlying tension that makes wines like this so refreshing. There isn't the class of the Fuées but this is really very good plus I very much like the balance and harmony of the firm and lingering finish. Drink 2019+ (allen_meadows - burghound_com.com)
Drink 2015 - 2025
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com

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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