2006 F. Mugnier NSG Clos de la Marechale

More of a love letter than a tasting note. Just a beautifully balanced elegant refined delicious wine. More Mugnier than NSG with refined silky tannins. Such poise and balance. Pretty floral nose. Lovely intense ripe red fruits a little bit of sous bois and perfect acidity, length is excellent. Man I love Mugnier and this wine. For me Mugnier makes wines that are the essence of subtlety,elegance and refinement. Such a wonderful complete package that (was) so cheap on purchase. A fantastic wine and drinking right in the zone. Double yum + is my score.

I have a bunch of 2007’s. Anyone try one lately? Are they ready.

Based on Brodie’s note on the 2006, more than 10 years its junior, I’d guess no.

Sorry, meant to write 2007’s

Hi Brent, the 2007 Clos de la Marechale has been drinking beautifully for the last 6-7 years. Definitely open a bottle soon and post a note.

Brodie

05 was singing recently.

08 good recently too, but needed decanting and a bit of time. Just a ‘single yum’.

Opened our first bottle of the 2010 last night. It was beguiling and for us, a great balance of primary red fruits and secondary aromatics that come with age.

+1 - the 05 Marechale was the best Mugnier I’ve had, and that includes some Musignys.

Wow, high praise indeed.
This thread is really interesting; I thought the conventional wisdom was that it took several years once Mugnier took over the vineyard (2004?) to attain their quality standards. I’m glad to own a few bottles of 2015/2016, but now I’m going to dig to see if I have any older vintages.

Also, sounds from Brodie’s note that the 2005/2006 wines didn’t much resemble Faiveley’s earlier Marechale wines. I like NSG, but I like Chambolle more.
Thanks,
Peter

I’ve had a few bottles of 06 and 07 over the last 2 years, and they’ve all been singing beautifully. The one 05 I’ve had was quite muddled – but could definitely have been bottle variation.

Have only 1 bottle of 2005 in mag. Trying to find the right time to open this.

This is extremely annoying as I stupidly passed on buying any of the 2005 Clos de la Marechale (as I wanted to save my $$ for the Chambolle wines) and the NZ allocations got cut way back and I almost completely missed out. Talk about a dumb move

Never regret not buying a wine, especially one of such large production where you can always get another bottle if you pay $25 more. It’s not like not buying a house or something that might not ever become available again. But then again this is a wine internet site…

I’m sure that you mean well but more like $200-$300 more at this time.