2008 Mugnier Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos des Fourches

The Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier has a very long history in Burgundy, but at the same time it is relatively young. In 1950 the domaine decided to contract out the vineyeards in Chambolle to Faiveley (to 1977) and later selling the vines in bulk to Bruno Clair (to 1984). In 1985 Frédéric Mugnier took over and started focusing on producing its own wines from the Chambolle vineyards.

In 2004 the domaine also took back its Nuits St Georges Clos de la Maréchale vineyard, which had been on lease to Faiveley since 1950. This is actually the vineyard from where the Clos des Fourches is produced. The name is actually the old name for the Clos de la Maréchale vineyard. In certain vintages Domaine Mugnier produces the Fourches from the young vines.

The wine is labeled as a village wine, but since the grapes comes from the premier cru vineyard of Clos de la Maréchale this is actually a premier cru wine.

Tasting note on the 2008 Mugnier Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos des Fourches

The nose is not giving much away. The wine shows some dark. but subtle fruit on the palate. There is also some nice, chalky minerality. The finnish has some red cherries, plum and dirt. Not rated 

The wine has good structure and a nice mouthfell, but it just lack fruit. There is very little fruit at all. From the texture of the wine I really hope that this wine is in a phase of shut down. If you have some bottles in your cellar, my recommendation is that you let them be there for some years and hope it opens up again.