NUITS SAINT GEORGES

2020 1er Cru Chaignots Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg

EN PRIMEUR

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 - 2045L&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)

Very intense deep purple. The nose is gorgeous in the ripe style of the vintage. Quite high octane (14.2%) which shows on the palate. Some grenadine mixed in with dark fruit. A few tannins, some acidity but this is not together today. There were plenty of grapes but they were small and held too little juice. 23 hl/ha. Hugely intense finish, this could develop either way but I am more optimistic than otherwise. Tasted: November 2021 Rating: 91-94 Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy  (Jan 2022)

The 2020 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Chaignots 1er Cru suffered quite a lot during the summer according to Christine because of the dryness. Nevertheless, it has an exquisite bouquet with beautifully defined, minerally red fruit that seems to blossom in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, an almost citric bead of acidity with a lively and sustained finish. Wonderful. Drinking range: 2025 - 2045 Rating: 92-94 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Dec 2021)

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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