2016 NUITS SAINT GEORGES 1er Cru Chaignots Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg, Lea & Sandeman

NUITS SAINT GEORGES

2020 1er Cru Chaignots Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg

Grapes Pinot Noir
Colour Red
Origin France, Burgundy
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Nuits
Village Nuits Saint Georges
Classification 1er Cru
ABV 14%
Vineyard Chaignots

Dark fruit nose, and palate to is dark fruit and mineral, dense black, while remaining lively, juicy and with the same freshness as the others. Beautifully bright and lively and long, lots of energy. Sadly there has been a particularly big reduction in yield here in both 2020 and 2021, with lack of water being a big problem. Lots of bunches but no juice in 2020, so it's very concentrated. Drinking range: 2028 - 2045 L&S (Nov 2021)


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Very concentrated and sweet aroma. On the front, it is unusually dense and compact for Chaignots, but well balanced with freshness. The fine-textured tannins reveal the more elegant typicité of this terroir. Drinking range: 2028 - 2035 Rating: 93 World of Fine Wine Magazine (Apr 2022)

The 2020 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots is rich and dramatic, bursting with aromas of cassis and cherries mingled with hints of violets, exotic spices and raw cocoa. Medium to full-bodied, layered and velvety, it's gourmand and enveloping, with lively acids, superb concentration and a long, resonant finish. Rating: 92-94 William Kelley, The Wine Advocate (Jan 2022)

This is also markedly ripe though a bit spicier with its array of liqueur-like dark berries and discreet floral wisps. I very much like the texture of the succulent and caressing yet still quite punchy medium-bodied flavors that conclude in a bitter pit fruit, raspy and youthfully austere finish. This too is certainly very good though at this stage not as interesting as its 2019 counterpart. Drinking range: 2032 - Rating: 90-92 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2022)

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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