Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Nuits-St.-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Marechale Rouge 2023 NO20231018 An elegant and approachable grower

An elegant and approachable grower Champagne with great balance

This certified organic Cabernet Franc emerges from clay-limestone soils over chalk tuffeau at the edge of Puy-Notre-Dame

where altitude keeps Garnacha fresh and perfumed

This Syrah comes from his Vin de France range

and the slightly lower

Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Nuits-St.-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Marechale Rouge 2023 NO20231018 An elegant and approachable growerThe southernmost Premier Cru in Nuits, Clos de la Marechale was leased to Faiveley for decades, a firm, structured, classic Nuits, until Frederic Mugnier took back the reins of his family monopole in 2004 and revealed its true soul. Instead of muscle and tannin, he draws out elegance, perfume and subtlety. He always maintained the site has more in common with Chambolle Musigny than the rest of Nuits, and tasting it, it's hard to disagree: unmistakably