Domain Mugnier Chambolle Musigny Les Amoureuses 2009
The 2009 Domaine JF Mugnier Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses is a red Burgundy wine made from 100% Pinot Noir, produced by Domaine JF Mugnier in the Les Amoureuses parcel. Jancis Robinson awards it 18/20 and recommends drinking between 2017 and 2030. Critics describe an ample and rich wine with pronounced fruit sweetness, whose round texture balances with a crystalline, clean, and precise finish.
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
- Chambolle Musigny
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine JF Mugnier
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Amoureuses
- Millésime
- 2009
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine JF Mugnier
Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier is a family-run estate based in Chambolle-Musigny, in the Côte de Nuits. Its 14-hectare vineyard comprises plots in Chambolle-Musigny and Nuits-Saint-Georges, including the Clos de la Maréchale, the estate’s exclusive monopole. Jocelyne and Frédéric Mugnier are the owners; Frédéric Mugnier oversees the winemaking.
- Owner
- Jocelyne et Frédéric Mugnier
- Maître de chais
- Frédéric Mugnier
- Surface (ha)
- 14.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 60 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The estate was founded in 1863 by Frédéric Mugnier, a liqueur maker in Dijon. By the early 20th century, it owned nearly twenty hectares in Chambolle-Musigny and Nuits-Saint-Georges, following the acquisition of the Clos de la Maréchale in 1902. Until 1949, wine production was carried out alongside the family’s liqueur business. From 1878 onwards, the wines were marketed under the Château Chambolle-Musigny label. In 1950, Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, the founder’s great-grandson, sold the liqueur business and leased the vineyard – by then reduced in size due to inheritance – to a wine merchant in Nuits-Saint-Georges. He resumed direct management of the Chambolle vineyards from 1978. Upon his death in 1985, his son Frédéric Mugnier took full responsibility for the family estate. In 2004, the reintegration of the Clos de la Maréchale, previously leased out, increased the estate’s size from 4 to 14 hectares. The estate is now owned by Jocelyne and Frédéric Mugnier.
Les Amoureuses
Les Amoureuses is a climat officially classified as a Premier Cru of the AOC Chambolle-Musigny, located immediately below the Musigny grand cru. Its morphology is heterogeneous: an upper southeastern-facing appendage precedes a main section curving from southeast to south, where the slope softens significantly towards the bottom. The shallow clay soil rests on a compact limestone substrate. The geology varies with altitude, with Calcaire de Comblanchien dominating in the upper two-thirds, while the lower third rests on Calcaire de Prémeaux and Marnes à Ostrea acuminata.
- Vineyard commune
- Chambolle-Musigny
- Origin of the vineyard name
- According to the BIVB, the name likely comes from the Burgundian expression describing as "amoureuse" (amorous) a clayey soil that sticks to one's feet when wet. Other interpretations exist, without absolute etymological certainty.
- Exposure
- Southeast in the upper northwestern part, then orientation curving progressively from
- Altitude
- 240–275 m
- Slope
- Around 5% in the upper appendage; up to about 20% at the top of the main section
- Soil
- Shallow clay layer, described as sticky when wet, resting on very compact limestone
- Subsoil and geology
- About the upper two-thirds on Calcaire de Comblanchien; lower third on Calcaire de Prémeaux and Marnes à Ostrea acuminata
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.528000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Estate-owned plot, farmed directly
- Indicative vine age
- Predominantly planted in 1954 and 1956; youngest section planted in 1966, along with an older portion.
Histoire de la parcelle
Les Amoureuses was already listed among the "first cuvées" of Chambolle in Jules Lavalle's classification published in 1855, right after Musigny and Petits-Musigny classified as head of cuvée. The AOC Chambolle-Musigny was recognized by decree on September 11, 1936. The specific parcel area granting the right to the Premier Cru designation was approved by the INAO on June 1 and 2, 1988, and the official specifications explicitly cite Les Amoureuses among the classified climats.
