Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Nuits-St.-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Marechale Rouge 2023 PURYEARSALE cassis and plum framing mouth-coating

cassis and plum framing mouth-coating flavors and a powerful mineral-driven finish

Remarkable clarity

with a subtle orange citrus and apricot quality

The Bodines fruit comes from Julien Crinquand

Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Nuits-St.-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Marechale Rouge 2023 PURYEARSALE cassis and plum framing mouth-coatingThe southernmost Premier Cru in Nuits, Clos de la Marechale was leased to Faiveley for decades, a firm, structured, classic Nuits, until Frederic Mugnier took back the reins of his family monopole in 2004 and revealed its true soul. Instead of muscle and tannin, he draws out elegance, perfume and subtlety. He always maintained the site has more in common with Chambolle Musigny than the rest of Nuits, and tasting it, it's hard to disagree: unmistakably