Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Nuits-St.-Georges Clos des Fourches 2023 PET-NAT this aperitivo defies easy categorization:

this aperitivo defies easy categorization: it's neither fortified nor simply rosé

now a Santa Barbara treasure: J

sourced from north-facing vineyards that provide extra freshness and balance

its chateau doesn't sit among its vines

Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Nuits-St.-Georges Clos des Fourches 2023 PET-NAT this aperitivo defies easy categorization:Clos des Fourches is a clever, hard to find bottling: in some years Mugnier sets aside the youngest vines of his Clos de la Marechale monopole and bottles them under this revived historical name, which the parcel carried until the vineyard was renamed in the late 1800s. Labeled as village Nuits Saint Georges, it's the supple, immediate, early drinking side of the Marechale, pure and lifted, with the silky Mugnier signature. A more approachable, less