Jacques Frederic Mugnier, Musigny Grand Cru 2013

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Reviewed by: Neal Martin

The 2013 Le Musigny Grand Cru has a pixilated, mineral-driven bouquet with dark berries, hints of undergrowth, orange blossom and potpourri. This is just entrancing. You just want to remain in its presence. The palate is medium-bodied, strict at the moment, with both salinity and mineralité at its heart rather than layers of fruit. This is a more introspective and perhaps even conservative Musigny, but one that I suspect will age with grace. Excellent.

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Reviewed by: William Kelley

Released only late last year, Mugnier's 2013 Musigny Grand Cru is still far from true maturity, but it has at least begun a graceful evolution, unwinding in the glass with scents of exotic spices, red berries, orange rind, rose petals, potpourri and sweet soil tones. Full-bodied, ample and velvety, with powdery, melting tannins and lively acids, the cool, late harvest has imparted a cool, crystalline purity to its deep core of fruit. Long and sapid, ideally one would forget it for another decade to see it at the beginning of what will be a long plateau of maturity.

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Reviewed by: Neal Martin

Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting in Beaune, the 2013 Musigny Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru has a ripe, sweet and showy bouquet that demonstrated more extraction and new oak than Domaine de la Vougeraie's Musigny, though it maintains outstanding definition. The palate is medium-bodied with a lot of weight and volume, layers of ripe dark cherry mixed with blackberry and wild strawberry, veins of allspice and bay towards the aristocratic finish. There is presence here, a little uncouth at the moment, however, there is absolutely no question that it will age well. Tasted September 2016.

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Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni

The 2013 Musigny is a classic Mugnier wine; understated, elusive, but also striking in its beauty. All the elements fall into place in a gracious, impeccable Burgundy that captivates all the senses. Silky tannins wrap around the inviting finish. A model of total grace, the Musigny is also surprisingly open and expressive today, even if the structural elements are very much in evidence. What a thrill it will be to watch the 2013 develop over the coming decades.

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Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer

Bright, dark red. Distinctly cooler and more medicinal on the nose than the Amoureuses. Spicier and tighter on the palate, showing some exhilarating high tones and a hint of medicinal herbs but less of the premier cru's early sweetness and sex appeal. In a more muscular style, yet it conveys an impression of weightlessness in spite of its outstanding density. More salty and soil-inflected on the finish than the Amoureuses, with a powerful tannic spine that should carry it for a long time. This could hardly be more different than the Amoureuses today.

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Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer

Bright, deep red. Blueberry, blackberry and medicinal herbs on the nose and palate, complicated by Asian spices and black and white pepper. Boasts outstanding juicy cut but comes across as youthfully imploded today, with an almost medicinal pungency. The wine's exhilarating sugar/acid balance contributes to its penetrating character. Densely packed, tactile and strong but very hermetic today, finishing with a hint of youthful bitterness; in comparison, the Amoureuses is much more extroverted. A real high-wire act of urgent crunchy fruit and brilliant acidity, and built for long and graceful development in bottle.