Jacques-Frederic Mugnier - Musigny 2016 (Pre-arrival)

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The 2016 Musigny from Monsieur Mugnier is destined to be a legendary wine in the fullness of time, but it is a beautifully structured example of the vintage and will need a good decade’s worth of bottle age before it really starts to blossom. The very complex nose offers up a stunning and sappy aromatic constellation of red plums, red and black cherries, beautiful floral tones, raw cocoa, a very complex base of soil, gamebird, woodsmoke, a hint of mustard seed and a discreet base of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is full, deep, pure and sappy at the core, with a complex, fabulously balanced and very long backend. The tannins here are suave and seamless, the acids bright and vibrant and the wine goes on forever on the magical finish. At this early stage, this reminds me very strongly of the brilliant 2010 Musigny chez Mugnier.

A beautiful floral nose and a wonderful medium-bodied palate belie the difficult birth of this wine, the product of a brutal April frost. Production here was just four barrels, down from an average of 16. But what a wine. Sweet fruit, earthy and spicy notes, this reminds me in some ways of the ‘14 and is if anything ever more complete. If I used exclamation points, I would use them here. Drink now and for the next fifteen years.

  

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Price: $3999.00

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Producer	Jacques-Frederic Mugnier
Country	France
Region	Burgundy
Subregion	Chambolle Musigny
Varietal	Pinot Noir
Vintage	2016
Sku	23942
Size	750ml