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

Last but not least, the still much-too-young 2012 Jean-Frédéric Mugnier Nuit-Saint-Georges Clos de la Maréchale, from one of my favorite Burgundy producers, proves just the right match for the rack of pork, offering flinty and smoky nuances to the sweet red and black cherry fruit. Made from atypically low yields due to a summer hailstorm, the wine started out life a little disjointed and fruit-challenged but is filling out nicely, though I feel it will always remain a touch on the austere side. Still, it provides another wine and food match made in heaven, its tannic personality nicely cutting through the pork meat’s softness and juiciness.