Mugneret-Gibourg dinner at Medlar

WINE TALK
#1

Belated thanks to Richard Shama for organising an excellent evening. Food was great. The wines were what I would expect from the sisters ie lots of good value at the village and 1er cru level, a cdvougeot that is nice but doesn’t really light my fire and a ruchottes that is sensational. My brief thoughts below (I didn’t take notes on the 09 NSG Chaignots or the 02 Huet Moelleux 1er Trie Clos du Bourg that were also served):

Champagne flight

2000 Bereche et Fils Champagne Cuvée du Centenaire Premier Cru - France, Champagne, Montagne de Reims, Champagne (5/24/2012)
Rich, darker body yet beautifully elegant and refreshing. Beautifully blended BDN and BDB! Some brine/oyster shell in the mouth with air. Really excellent.

2001 Philipponnat Champagne Brut Clos des Goisses - France, Champagne (5/24/2012)
Biting, vigorous mousse. Clear, light yellow colour. Palate of bitter almonds but otherwise impenetrable. Not sure about how this will develop but not much fun at the moment.

First flight

2006 Domaine Georges Mugneret/Mugneret-Gibourg Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Feusselottes - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru (5/24/2012)
Bright, flowery red, lifted fruit on the nose and plate. Lively, energetic and very promising.

2006 Domaine Georges Mugneret/Mugneret-Gibourg Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru (5/24/2012)
Iron and black fruit on the nose with a lovely silky palate that was noticeably more supple than the feussellottes. Young and drinking surprisingly well although unsurprisingly tightened with air.

2002 Domaine Georges Mugneret/Mugneret-Gibourg Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru (5/24/2012)
Richer and fuller bodied than the pair of 06s. Extra dimension is quite kinky! Quite herbal and bretty but in a good way. Shrank back into its shell with more air.


Second flight

2002 Domaine Georges Mugneret/Mugneret-Gibourg Ruchottes-Chambertin - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru (5/24/2012)
Superb, classy. Clearly had more depth and so confident in it’s balance. Easily WOTN.

1996 Domaine Georges Mugneret/Mugneret-Gibourg Ruchottes-Chambertin - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru (5/24/2012)
Massively advanced. Faulty cork? NR (flawed)


A flight of CDVougeots

2001 Domaine Georges Mugneret/Mugneret-Gibourg Clos Vougeot - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru (5/24/2012)
Red fruited and a little herbal but still quite tight and precise. Not sure if this will ever be particularly generous though.

1976 Domaine Georges Mugneret/Mugneret-Gibourg Clos Vougeot - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru (5/24/2012)
Obviously fully mature but still lively and with plenty of body. Not as persistent as the 64 but with a bit more density.

1964 Domaine Georges Mugneret/Mugneret-Gibourg Clos Vougeot - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru (5/24/2012)
Persistent, sweet red fruit. Really didn’t fade at all. Very nice.


Some back up wines that (unsurprisingly!) were also served

2001 Domaine Georges Mugneret/Mugneret-Gibourg Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru (5/24/2012)
DOA NR (flawed)

2007 Domaine Georges Mugneret/Mugneret-Gibourg Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru (5/24/2012)
Bright red colour. Fresh, clean and energetic. Drinking very well now.


A couple of 09s (incl Chaignots I missed)

2009 Domaine Georges Mugneret/Mugneret-Gibourg Vosne-Romanée - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée (5/24/2012)
Super ripe, fleshy, red fruit. Perhaps a little too sweet for my taste right now so I’ll give mine another few years yet.


Another back up got wheeled out…

2000 Domaine Georges Mugneret/Mugneret-Gibourg Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru (5/24/2012)
Ripe, supple and fleshy but starting to fade a little compared to bottles 12-24 months ago.


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#2

Nice job Dan. I love the sisters wines. A great idea for a dinner too!
Cheers.

#3

Nice dinner! The 2007’s from the sisters have been drinking beautifully since release. Sounds like they are still open for business… I still haven’t had the Ruchottes from MG but it’s on list…

#4

Interesting about the 1996. A pair of 96s from M-g (the Echezeaux and the Chambolle) showed very badly and weirdly off at the 96 tasting I hosted for John Gilman last year. Despite his agreement with that assessment at the time (and one of the wines was from his cellar and he vouched for its provenance - and I know the provenance of the other and could similarly attest, at least since its arrival in the US upon commercial release) he dismissed the poor showings in his notes as if they were truly abberational. But I wonder.

I recently opened the 02 Chaignots from my cellar and it too was fabulous. An underrated wine, IMHO.

#5

Maureen,

That is worrying. I chalked this down to one-off cork failure but I’m now concerned as I have some of the 96 ruchottes myself.

Dan

#6

I’ve shared two outstanding bottles of the Ruchottes 96 and three faulty ones, if that’s any help. As a vintage many, many wines have seemed problematic over the last seven years but in general they seem to be settling down now. Of course, in spite of my best efforts, it’s impossible for one drinker’s sample to be large enough to be truly meaningful.

#7

Tom, inasmuch as you obviously know burgundy and appreciate the 96 vintage, I inferred from your first sentence that the three “faulty” bottles were just that - i.e., there was something wrong with them. Your second sentence, however, suggests that it might merely have been 1996 “grumpiness” - but surely you don’t mean that, do you? Rather, the bottles had a problem that time would not resolve, correct?