Domain Mugnier Chambolle Musigny Les Fuees 2012 Bottle (75cl)
The 2012 Domaine JF Mugnier Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Fuées is a red Burgundy wine made from 100% Pinot Noir, produced by Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier in the Chambolle-Musigny appellation. This cuvée comes from the Les Fuées parcel, located on the border of the Bonnes-Mares area, on the slope north of the village. Planted in 1960, this 71-are plot yields a limited production. The estate describes Les Fuées as a premier cru with a more mineral and earthy structure, driven by black fruits, with a structured, ample, and deep palate.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- 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 Fuées
- Millésime
- 2012
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 Fuées
Les Fuées is a Premier Cru climat located in the northern and upper part of the Chambolle-Musigny slope, immediately south of the Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru. It ranges from 277 to 308 metres in altitude, with an average slope of 14%, facing east-southeast. Its soils are stony, with numerous flints in the northern part, while its subsoil varies considerably due to several fault lines.
- Vineyard commune
- Chambolle-Musigny
- Origin of the vineyard name
- "Fuée" is said to be a traditional Burgundian term designating the extent of vineyard a man could work in a single day with a hoe.
- Exposure
- East-southeast
- Altitude
- 277–308 m
- Slope
- 14% on average
- Soil
- Stonewith soils, featuring numerous flints in the northern part of the climat.
- Subsoil and geology
- Subsoil divided by several faults: Ostrea acuminata marl to the north and Prémeaux limestone to the south in the upper western section; crinoidal limestone to the north and clayey limestone to the south in the middle section; Prémeaux limestone in the lower eastern section.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.710000 ha
- Indicative vine age
- Vineyard planted in 1960.
Histoire de la parcelle
The vineyard lieux-dits of Chambolle-Musigny have been documented and progressively classified since the Middle Ages, though no medieval records specific to Les Fuées have been found in the sources consulted. Jules Lavalle classified Les Fuées among the "Premières Cuvées" in his 1855 work. The climat was subsequently selected among the sites authorized to bear the official "premier cru" designation, a category established in Chambolle-Musigny in 1943.
