Nuits St Georges, Clos de La Maréchale, 1er Cru, 2010

Name: Nuits St Georges, Clos de La Maréchale, 1er Cru
Brand: Jacques Frederic Mugnier
Price: 2141.47 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

We tasted this after an exceptional Musigny, expecting to have to dramatically adapt our minds and palates to give the wine a fair chance. The fact it tasted so well and so easily is huge credit to the wine. Great length, depth, ripeness of fruit with an earthiness and mineral complexity; warm, spicy, yet luminous, Autumnal flavours with notes of bramble, mulberry, cherry and fruit liqueur. Robust, but generous and well proportioned. Freddy Mugnier took back the Clos de la Marechale when the lease to Faiveley expired, and 2004 was the first vintage bottled up under the Mugnier label.

critic reviews

92+/100Stephen Tanzer,Vinous

Very deep, bright red. Sappy black cherry, raspberry, cola and licorice on the nose, plus a whiff of animal fur. Big, deep and chocolatey, with serious depth of black cherry and dark berry fruit. The big Nuits-Saint-Georges tannins are sexed up by high-toned oak spices on the impressively long finish. Jacques-Frederic Mugnier punches down the cap late in the fermentation, when the juice is almost dry and the skins have softened, an approach that he believes results in a steadier uptake of sugar in his wines.

date of review 03/2013

91-93/100Antonio Galloni,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

It is very interesting to taste the 2010 Nuits St. Georges Clos de la Marechale after the Grand Crus and the Amoureuses. It is easily the darkest and most tannic of the 2010s. The Marechale shows marvelous depth and the richness to match its decidedly powerful, virile personality. This has tons of fruit and muscle, yet also possesses the fabulous inner perfume and mineral-driven energy that is such a signature of the vintage. This is an impressive showing. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2040. Leave it to Frederic Mugnier to take a contrarian view of the 2010 vintage. Mugnier is quite clear in espousing his opinion that not only is 2009 a better vintage than 2010, but that the 2009s will be longer-lived as well. His advice to me was to drink the 2010s now and cellar the 2009s. Mugniers highly personal take is also reflected in the unconventional order in which these wines were tasted. I have to say, it was quite eye-opening to taste the wines in a different sequence than is the norm, as it keeps the palate and intellect sharp. The harvest started on September 22. As has been the case for a while, the focus is on doing as little as possible to the wines once they are in cellar, which among other things means that new oak is now practically non-existent here. Readers who want to learn more might want to take a look at my interview with Frederic Mugnier posted on our website. A Becky Wasserman Selection, Le Serbet, various American importers, including: Martin Scott Wines, Little Neck, NY; tel. (516) 327-0808; Veritas Imports, Beverly Hills, CA; tel. (310) 205-3803; Toepfer Imports LLC, CO; tel. (303) 818-7640

DRINKING WINDOW 2020 - 2040

date of review 02/2012