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GEVREY CHAMBERTIN

2011 1er Cru Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg

Grapes Pinot Noir
Colour Red
Origin France, Burgundy
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Nuits
Village Gevrey Chambertin
Classification 1er Cru
ABV 13%

Gevrey 1er cru for the last time. In 2012 these 'young vines' in Ruchottes are promoted to Grand Cru Ruchottes Chambertin. Typically Gevrey cassis notes, but there's class too, and more. Deep, dark and mysterious. Really this is Grand Cru level in most cellars. And it tastes like Ruchottes - spicy, regally dense and very long. L&S (Dec 2012)


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The 2011 Gevrey-Chambertin, the domaine's Ruchottes young-vines bottling, is another of the 2011s here that has closed down a bit in bottle. Gentle floral and spice notes emerge, but only reluctantly in a layered, perfumed Burgundy that needs time in bottle. 2017-2031 Rating: 92 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Apr 2014)

Bright, pale red. Aromas of plum, cedar, mocha and smoke. Supple and fairly suave, with a plum flavor lifted by sandalwood. Finishes with smoky minerality, a saline nuance and dusty tannins. Very Gevrey. Rating: 88-91 Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (Feb 2013)

(from young vines in Ruchottes; 2011 will be the last vintage that this wine is declared as the fruit will now go into the grand cru). A ripe yet quite cool, airy and very pretty aromas feature an array of black pinot fruit, truffle, earth and soft wood notes. There is good volume and richness to the mineral-inflected and velvety medium weight flavors that possess solid mid-palate density on the balanced, intense and impressively lengthy finish. 2019+ Rating: 90-93 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2013)

Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg

Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg was founded in 1933 on the marriage of Jeanne Gibourg and André Mugneret. Holdings then consisted of Bourgogne, village Nuits, village Vosne and Echezeaux. Their son Georges, an opthalmologist by day, added to the vineyards, but his acquisitions (Nuits 1ers Crus Vignes Rondes and Chaignots, Chambolle 1er Cru Feusselottes, and Grands Crus Clos Vougeot and Ruchottes Chambertin) were kept separate as Domaine Georges Mugneret.

On Georges' death in 1988, his widow Jacqueline and daughter Marie-Christine took over. Marie-Andrée, the younger daughter joined them a little later having completed her studies as an oenologist. In 2009 Jacqueline retired and the two domaine names were put together to become Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg, ending the prior confusion of labels.

The sisters have proved more than safe hands as far as the winemaking is concerned, and these are top-flight Burgundies with that elusive balance of enough concentration allied with delicacy of expression and the capability to age well. All the vineyard management has been brought in-house (the domaine previously relied on two métayeurs for part of the vineyard) and the quality has reached new heights, its wines some of the most sought-after in the Côte de Nuits.

In 2017 Marie-Christine 's daughter Lucie joined the domaine, and Marion and Fanny, daughters of Marie-Andrée are now also part of the team.

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