Domain Mugneret Gibourg Echezeaux 2003 Magnum
The 2003 Domaine Mugneret Gibourg Échezeaux is a red Burgundy Grand Cru wine from the Vosne-Romanée appellation, crafted from 100% Pinot Noir. This cuvée comes from the Échezeaux climat. The Wine Advocate awards it 89/100 and recommends drinking between 2015 and 2023; Jancis Robinson rates it 17,5/20, with a drinking window from 2014 to 2029. Critics describe a balanced and fresh wine for the vintage, featuring supple tannins, nuances of ripe red and black fruits, a touch of blood orange, and a long finish.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Magnum (150cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Vosne Romanée
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Mugneret Gibourg
- Parcelle / Cru
- Échezeaux (Vosne Romanée)
- Millésime
- 2003
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Mugneret Gibourg
Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg is a family-run estate in Vosne-Romanée, in the Côte de Nuits. Formed from the merger of the Mugneret-Gibourg and Georges Mugneret estates in 2009, it is run by sisters Marie-Christine Teillaud-Mugneret and Marie-Andrée Nauleau-Mugneret, who cultivate just over 8 hectares spread across nine appellations.
- Owner
- Marie-Christine Teillaud-Mugneret et Marie-Andrée Nauleau-Mugneret
- Maître de chais
- Marie-Christine Teillaud-Mugneret et Marie-Andrée Nauleau-Mugneret
- Surface (ha)
- 8.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- entre 20 000 et 30 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The Mugneret family settled in Vosne-Romanée in 1930. Jeanne Gibourg and André Mugneret, who married in 1928, founded Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg in 1933. There, they produced red Burgundies, including Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Échezeaux. Their only son, Georges Mugneret, an ophthalmologist in Dijon, continued the family’s wine-making business alongside his medical practice. He gradually expanded the vineyard through acquisitions at Clos Vougeot in 1953, in Nuits-Saint-Georges in 1971, in Ruchottes-Chambertin in 1977, and then at Les Vignes Rondes and Les Feusselottes in the 1980s. Following his death in 1988, his wife Jacqueline ensured the estate’s continuity alongside their daughter Marie-Christine, who was soon joined by Marie-Andrée after she completed her studies in oenology at the University of Burgundy. In 2009, Domaines Mugneret-Gibourg and Georges Mugneret merged under the name Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg. The estate is now run by Marie-Christine and Marie-Andrée, whilst Lucie and Marion, their respective eldest daughters, joined the business in 2017 and 2018. The two sisters oversee the winemaking process directly, from the hand-harvesting to the blending and bottling at the estate.
Échezeaux (Vosne Romanée)
Échezeaux is a Grand Cru appellation physically delimited within the Côte de Nuits, located entirely within the commune of Flagey-Echézeaux, between Clos de Vougeot and the Premiers Crus of Vosne-Romanée. It brings together eleven climats and features more diverse topography and soils than the neighboring Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru. The vineyard ranges in altitude from 230 meters to just over 300 meters, with a slope reaching 13% mid-slope. Bajocian marls, locally covered with scree, gravel, red alluvium, and yellowish marls, form a complex mosaic.
- Vineyard commune
- Flagey-Echézeaux
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name refers to the former "Chezeaux", originating from Late Latin casa, casale or casalis, designating dwelling sites or a group of homes, likely a former hamlet.
- Exposure
- East-facing
- Altitude
- 230 m
- Slope
- Up to 13% mid-slope
- Soil
- Stony covers, gravel, red alluvium, and yellowish marls; soils 70 to 80 cm deep upslope.
- Subsoil and geology
- Jurassic complex dominated by Bajocian marls.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 1.250000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner; Rouges du Bas farmed directly, Quartiers de Nuits farmed under sharecropping.
Histoire de la parcelle
The winegrowing development of Échezeaux is associated with the monks of the Abbey of Cîteaux in the 12th and 13th centuries, within the same historical complex as Clos de Vougeot. The Échezeaux Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée was recognized by the decree of July 31, 1937, published on August 11, 1937.
