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Jacques Frederic Mugnier, Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses 2017
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2017 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1er Cru has an overtly menthol-scented bouquet that I find distracting. It recedes with aeration, but it’s still there. The palate is sweet and succulent on the entry, very reduced, and slightly green around the edges. This is a sweet-and-sour Amoureuses that feels like two wines in one, and consequently it lacks a bit of harmony and focus. The bottle I tasted at the domaine showed better, so it will be interesting to see how this develops. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2017 tasting.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2017 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1er Cru has a beautiful floral bouquet of red currant, cranberry and rose petal aromas that are very pure and refined. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins. Precise and elegant, with real tension and piquancy on the energetic finish. Divine.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2017 Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses 1er Cru has a very detailed bouquet with killer focus; exquisite floral aromas reveal traces of blueberry and cassis and wonderful mineralité. The palate is medium-bodied with lucid blue and red fruit, fine saturated tannin and veins of blood orange and tangerine that fan out on the curry-leaf-tinged finish. There is a lot going on in this Les Amoureuses, one of Mugnier's most captivating 2017s.
Reviewed by: William Kelley
A stunning bouquet of raspberries, rose petals, blood orange and sweet soil tones, deftly framed by a subtle touch of new oak, introduces Mugnier's 2017 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses, a medium to full-bodied, supple and expansive wine framed by filigree tannins and racy acids, exemplifying the ideal of intensity without weight. Long and precise, this isn't as structured as the 2016 or 2015 renditions, and it will be open for business sooner. But the 2017 Amoureuses looses very little by comparison with those two brilliant wines.
About the Producer
Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier is a Burgundian wine producer based in Chambolle-Musigny. It is particularly well-known for its Musigny Grand Cru wine which is regarded as a benchmark for that vineyard. While the estate is most closely associated with Pinot Noir wines from Chambolle-Musigny, it has 10 hectares (25 acres) of vineyards in Nuits-Saint-Georges as well. The Château de Chambolle-Musigny has been owned by the Mugnier family since 1863. From 1950, as there was no winemaker in the family, the vineyards were contracted out to Faiveley and Bruno Clair, with the latter selling the wine in bulk. Between 1985 and 2004, Frédéric Mugnier was able to take back the vineyards as leases expired. On top of the Musigny Grand Cru, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier makes a wine from the Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru vineyard, as well as two premier cru wines, Les Fuées and Les Amoureuses, and a village-level wine. From the Nuits-Saint-Georges holdings, Mugnier makes a Clos des Fourches premier cru wine, and a red and a white premier cru from the Clos de la Maréchale vineyard, which is a monopole of the domaine. Vineyards are farmed without herbicides or pesticides and just two mildew treatments per year. Grapes are de-stemmed and whole berries are fermented in old open wooden vats. After around 16 months in oak, wines are bottled without fining and filtration.
