Nuits-Saint-Georges, Rouge, Clos de la Maréchale, 1er Cru, 2022
Dark Nuit notes with fine red berry highlights – a great combination. This has beautiful minerals at heart, a fine grip and verdant dark berry freshness, vertical tannins and a real sense of satisfying bite and grip. Salty sappy tension on the finish. Really good, really satisfying with proper structure built from very fine tannins. Virile and atheletic. At 9ha, this is the largest monopole in the Cote d'Or, with an average vine age of 50 years old. One hectare was uprooted and is currently being used as a site for rootstock and clonal trials – over 180 different combinations have been planted, to find those most adapted to our current climate. Based in the Premeaux Prissey commune, where the wines are very structured, Clos de La Marechale is built for ageing. Freddy Mugnier's skill has been in taming the naturally tannic character of the wines without supressing any vineyard expression.
critic reviews
The 2022 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos de la Maréchale 1er Cru has a cohesive, nicely poised bouquet with a mixture of red and black fruit alongside hints of undergrowth. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and much more weight than the 2023 with insistent grip toward the lightly spiced finish. This will give a decade of drinking pleasure.
Aromas of dark berries, ripe cherries, spices and grilled meats introduce the 2022 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Marechale, a medium to full-bodied, layered and youthfully structured wine with a deep core of fruit and chalky tannins that assert themselves gently on the finish.