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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The very best of 2022? In my view, the vintage at Domaine Mugnier is close to perfect, given the year's conditions. Many writers will talk about the beautiful weather conditions, but in reality, 2022 was not a walk in the park. If there had not been a stroke of luck with a late rain, the wines …
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Winehog tasting notes from the heart, with no fluff! …
[Read more...] about Domaine J.-F. Mugnier, Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos de la Marechale 2019
The 2020 vintage is special, as Frédéric Mugnier explained. It is a hot year, but with fine acidity, vivid freshness, and - in his case, at least - extremely fine phenolic ripeness. The historical principles and understanding of making pinot noir in Burgundy have been challenged when a hot year …
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It is consistently a treat to visit Domaine Mugnier, and an hour with Frédéric Mugnier always leaves one thoughtful. Tasting wines here from a year like 2019 can easily leave one free of worries and intoxicated by the sheer beauty and complexity of the vintage - they are that good, despite …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine Mugnier – tasting the 2019s
I adore J.-F. Mugnier's wines (as do most people). They have a core of enjoyability rarely seen in Burgundy. Joie de vivre is a good way to describe the sensation evoked by these wines, although they are so much more than plain and simple hedonistic pleasures. Mugnier made very hedonistic 2015s, …
[Read more...] about Visit to Domaine J.-F. Mugnier, tasting the 2018 vintage
