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Georges Mugneret Gibourg, Vosne Romanee 2017
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2017 Vosne-Romanée Village is the last vintage to include the parcel in La Colombière. It offers red cherry and crisp strawberry fruit on the tightly packed bouquet, undergrowth scents emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent tannins, smooth and velvety in the mouth, yet I find that the 2018 maybe shows a little more complexity on the finish.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2017 Vosne-Romanée Village is the only Village Cru this year - expect a separate La Colombière bottling in 2018. Matured in 20% new oak, it has a very seductive dark cherry and boysenberry bouquet that opens up nicely in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit and good body and density for a Village Cru, plus a touch of spicebox and tobacco on the finish. Very fine.
About the Producer
The silky persistence and enveloping aromas of Pinot Noir from Vosne-Romanée is what is often meant when one calls any wine “Burgundian.” There are few estates that capture the seductive power of Burgundian Pinot Noir as faithfully as does Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg in Vosne. To wit, the Mugneret sisters today are one of the leading talents in all of Burgundy. Their very small production is highly sought-after (and often in vain) by the world’s connoisseurs, simply because Mugneret Burgundy offers such a subtle yet potent impression of Burgundy’s most hallowed terroirs. The history of the Mugnerets has much to do with fate, a theme not unfamiliar to grape growers or winemakers. The modern founder of the family estate, Dr. Georges Mugneret, was born into a winemaking family yet pursued his passion for wine alongside his profession as an ophthalmologist. In the late 1980s, however, he passed away after a short but serious illness, handing over the estate he had nurtured to his wife, Jacqueline, and two daughters, Marie-Christine and Marie-Andrée, for them to either carry on, or sell. Madame Mugneret said no sale; Marie-Christine gave up a career as a chemist to learn winemaking; and Marie-Andrée quickly finished her oenological studies. And with a passion and dedication no less than their father’s, they pushed on to establish Mugneret-Gibourg as the world-class domaine it is today.
