2011 Chambolle-Musigny, Les Fuées, 1er Cru, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, Burgundy

Red • Dry • Medium Bodied • Pinot Noir
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Code: 20110600750001049655

Description

Mild reduction renders the nose difficult to assess but there is plenty of verve and freshness to the intense middle weight flavors that brim with both a fine minerality and plenty of palate coating dry extract. There is strikingly good precision and detail to the impeccably well-balanced, long and, like the villages, saline-infused finish. Impressive.

90-93/100, Allen Meadows, Burghound

  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Vintage
    2011
  • Alcohol
    13%
  • Grape
    Pinot Noir
  • Body
    Medium Bodied
  • Producer
    Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier

Critics reviews

Allen Meadows
90-93/100
Mild reduction renders the nose difficult to assess but there is plenty of verve and freshness to the intense middle weight flavors that brim with both a fine minerality and plenty of palate coating dry extract. There is strikingly good precision and detail to the impeccably well-balanced, long and, like the villages, saline-infused finish. Impressive.
Allen Meadows
Neal Martin
91/100
The 2011 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Fuees feels like a step up from the Village Cru with more precision and intensity: raspberry, rose petals, a hint of wild mushroom and damp undergrowth. The palate is very harmonious and feminine with fine tannins encasing the light, almost tart red fruit. It feels very fresh and lively on the finish, but the aftertaste is long and satisfying. Drink now-2022+.
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (October 2013)

About The Wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating and, at times, infuriating wine grape in the world. However, when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape, which grows in small, tight bunches, performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone-based subsoils. It is more susceptible than other varieties to overcropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive, and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of Burgundy's Côte d'Or.
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Burgundy

The region is home to some of the world's finest Grand Cru and Premier Cru wines, commonly called 'Burgundies'. Made from Pinot Noir, the reds are dry and full-bodied with silky tannins. Conversely, using Chardonnay to produce whites helps generate elegant, complex, and citrussy wines with fresh butter and toast notes.
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Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier

Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier is based at the Château de Chambolle-Musigny, which has been in the Mugnier family since 1863. Frédéric Mugnier – the fifth generation of the family on the property – took over in 1985. As of 2004, he has reclaimed the Nuits-St Georges Clos de la Maréchale vineyard, which had been on lease to Faiveley since 1950.
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