2009 Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
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Healthy medium red. Rich, deep aromas of raspberry, dried flowers, earth, menthol and exotic spices. Plush, opulent and deep; in fact, remarkably full in the mouth for a wine from this cellar. The very intense flavors of red cherry, strawberry, raspberry, mocha, licorice and soil are enlivened by an iodiney salinity and given added sex appeal by a note of cardamom and an almost caramel-like sweetness. Really echoes and rises on the broad finish, which features ripe, dusty tannins and explosive lingering fruit. "A very sunny vintage," noted Marie-Andrée. Like the 2015, this will age for a long time on its sheer stuffing, but this wine is more supple today. Incidentally, prior to 2009, when the name of the estate was officially changed, the Clos Vougeot was bottled under the Domaine Georges Mugneret label. (13.8% alcohol; 41 hl/h; 3.5 pH; harvested on September 13)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 2009 Clos de Vougeot is a huge, huge Burgundy. It will need considerable time to shed its baby fat and its considerable tannin. The 2009 boasts incredible depth and richness, with layers of dark red fruit that saturate the palate through to the finish. The 2009 is a super impressive showing from the Mugneret sisters. This is an intense style of Clos de Vougeot that has also maintained considerable freshness. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2039. Sisters Marie-Andree and Marie-Christine Mugneret made some of the very best wines of the year. Their 2009s capture the silky, sexy personality of the vintage while maintaining a classic, mid-weight sense of structure. Importers: Michael Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY; tel (516) 677-9300, a Peter Vezan Selection (various importers), Paris; fax 011 33 1 42 55 42 93
Good bright, deep red. Compelling perfume of black cherry, violet, minerals, menthol and mint. Big, rich and sweet, with terrific sappy depth to its dark berry, maraschino cherry and brown sugar flavors. This very ripe, explosive wine really broadens out toward the back and saturates the entire palate. Like the Ruchottes, this wine will need a good decade of cellaring. The Mugneret sisters have made a stunning set of 2009s, no surprise as they have a track record for making vibrant, structured, long-lived wines in even the hot years. For her part, Marie-Christine Mugneret described 2009 as "an easy, agreeable year in the vines and in the cellar."
Bright medium red. Pungent nose combines raspberry, piquant minerality, white pepper, orange zest and rose petal; I might have picked this blind as coming from Chambolle. Then quite dense, sappy and rich, but with terrific precision and lift to its red berry, spice and floral flavors. This really explodes in the mid-palate to reach the far corners of the mouth. Best today on the wonderfully vibrant, very long finish, which offers Chambolle-like finesse, superb weightless persistence and outstanding lingering perfume-and no hint of Clos Vougeot austerity. Incidentally, the Mugnerets lost a lot of these wines in the sharp freeze of December 2009.