Domain Georges Mugneret Ruchottes Chambertin 1983 Bottle (75cl)
The 1983 Domaine Georges Mugneret Ruchottes-Chambertin is a red Burgundy wine from the Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru in the Gevrey-Chambertin appellation. Crafted from 100% Pinot Noir, it is distinguished by a deep color and a very tannic structure. The Wine Advocate awarded it 86/100, highlighting a full-bodied wine whose evolution has confirmed the estate's success in this vintage.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Gevrey Chambertin
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Georges Mugneret
- Parcelle / Cru
- Ruchottes-Chambertin
- Millésime
- 1983
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Georges Mugneret
The name Georges Mugneret historically refers to a family-run estate in Vosne-Romanée, in the Côte de Nuits. Founded around the vineyards acquired by Georges Mugneret, it was merged in 2009 to form the Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg. The estate is now run by his daughters, Marie-Christine and Marie-Andrée Mugneret, and cultivates just over 8 hectares spread across nine appellations.
- Owner
- Famille Mugneret, représentée par Marie-Christine et Marie-Andrée Mugneret
- Maître de chais
- Marie-Christine Mugneret
- Surface (ha)
- 8.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- entre 20 000 et 30 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Jeanne Gibourg and André Mugneret, who married in 1928, settled in Vosne-Romanée in 1930. They founded Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg in 1933, producing wines from Burgundy, Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Échezeaux, amongst others. Their only son, Georges Mugneret (1929–1988), practised as an ophthalmologist in Dijon whilst developing the family’s wine-growing business. He gradually built up Domaine Georges Mugneret by acquiring plots of land, including part of Clos de Vougeot in 1953, a premier cru in Nuits-Saint-Georges in 1971, Ruchottes-Chambertin in 1977, Les Vignes Rondes in Nuits-Saint-Georges in 1982 and Les Feusselottes in Chambolle-Musigny in 1985. Following the death of Georges Mugneret in 1988, his wife Jacqueline ensured the estate’s continuity alongside their daughters Marie-Christine and Marie-Andrée. Marie-Christine trained in oenology and joined the estate, whilst Marie-Andrée, a graduate in oenology from the University of Burgundy, joined them in 1992. The two family estates, Mugneret-Gibourg and Georges Mugneret, were merged in 2009 under the name Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg. Jacqueline then retired, and Marie-Christine and Marie-Andrée took over the running of the estate. Marie-Christine oversees the wines during their ageing and bottling, whilst Marie-Andrée is specifically responsible for the vineyard and marketing.
Ruchottes-Chambertin
Ruchottes-Chambertin is a physically delimited climat and a Grand Cru appellation in the commune of Gevrey-Chambertin, comprising the lieux-dits Ruchottes du Bas and Ruchottes du Dessus. Situated on the slope above the piedmont and higher up than the Chambertin vineyard, it benefits from an eastward exposure and a moderate slope. Its shallow, stony, and highly well-draining soils rest on fractured Bathonian limestones.
- Vineyard commune
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The toponym "Ruchottes", related to "roche" (rock), evokes the abundance of stones and dry-stone walls ("murgers") characteristic of the site.
- Exposure
- eastward
- Altitude
- 290–310 m
- Slope
- moderate
- Soil
- Skeletal soils, generally carbonated, very thin and very stony, rich in clay and red silts.
- Subsoil and geology
- Substrate of frost-weathered and fractured Bathonian limestones, belonging to Middle Jurassic formations.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.640000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 1977
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner; parcel acquired by Georges Mugneret, now farmed by the merged estate.
- Indicative vine age
- Plantings indicated in 1950 and 2000.
Histoire de la parcelle
The name "Ruchottes" appears in the archives of Gevrey in the 16th century, and the site appears to have already been planted with vines at that time. Its reputation seems to have been established by the 18th century; in 1855, Jules Lavalle classified the upper part as a first cuvée and the lower part as a second cuvée. A judgment by the Dijon court in 1931 recognized the appellation of origin and its boundaries, and the AOC Ruchottes-Chambertin was officially recognized on July 31, 1937.
