2018 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Vosne-Romanée- France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée (7/28/2021)
Wednesday night after a trying day at work, and I needed something good. This was at hand. Two hours to open up (working from home means you can let a bottle air while still on Zoom calls) then it was down to business. Deep blackberry, Darjeeling tea, spice, cedar and moist earth all come through on the nose. It’s a little bit aggressive on the palate, so time is definitely your friend. I will wait on my other bottles, and definitely wait on the Colombiere. Of course I say that now, and will most likely have a loss of willpower sooner rather than later.
I used to get a six pack, and maybe an extra bottle. Last year it was 2 in total. I don’t like buying singletons of stuff like this, so 2018 was likely my swan song. Still, it was a great ride while it lasted, and I have a decent stash to take me through.
I got allocated nothing but managed to scrape together some 18 for not insane pricing,less than 150 average for the colombiere and village and less than 400 for the ech. Didn’t get any ruchottes or cv from 18 but have quite a lot of the 17 which was even better priced.