Nuits-Saint-Georges, Rouge, Clos de la Maréchale, 1er Cru, 2024
A touch of toast frames a nose that’s replete with savoury brambly complexity. With salty dark fruits, but also lighter red berry notes too, there’s an undeniably ornate and traditional feel to this, a Burgundy from another time, with as much in the mineral non-fruit and spice register as otherwise. A lacy butterfly of a Maréchale. Most beguiling. At 9ha it is the largest monopole in the Cote d’Or, with an average vine age of 50 years old. 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 2024 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos de la Maréchale 1er Cru has an airy nose, just a bit of VA here, aromatics that just need to calm down and mesh. The palate is better with supple tannins, nicely judged acidity and dark berry fruit laced with bergamot, though it just fades in the final furlong. Early drinking.