Domain Mugnier Musigny Grand Cru 2012 Magnum (150cl)
Domaine JF Mugnier Musigny Grand Cru 2012 is a red Burgundy wine from the Musigny parcel in Chambolle-Musigny. Classified as a Burgundy Grand Cru, it is crafted from 100% Pinot Noir under the direction of Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier. Jancis Robinson awards it 19/20 and recommends a drinking window from 2025 to 2040. The critic describes a deep, dense wine with a majestic nose, still reserved and angular in its youth.
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Chambolle Musigny
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine JF Mugnier
- Parcelle / Cru
- Musigny [Rouge]
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.
Musigny [Rouge]
Musigny is a Grand Cru appellation and a physically demarcated terroir in Chambolle-Musigny, in the heart of the Côte de Nuits. Located above Clos de Vougeot, between the Premier Cru Les Amoureuses and the Grand Cru Échezeaux, it includes the lieux-dits Les Musigny, Les Petits Musigny, and part of La Combe d’Orveau. The vineyard occupies a fairly steep limestone and rocky terrace, the southern part of which rises towards the Combe d’Orveau. The appellation permits red wines and, as a singularity in the Côte de Nuits, a small production of white wine.
- Vineyard commune
- Chambolle-Musigny
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The BIVB links the name to a Musigny family active at the court of the Dukes of Burgundy in the 14th century; an INAO source also mentions a Gallo-Roman estate belonging to someone named Musinus.
- Exposure
- East to southeast
- Altitude
- 260–300 m
- Slope
- 8 to 14%
- Soil
- Shallow soils, with a little red clay in the upper part; overall more clayey and less calcareous than neighboring Grands Crus.
- Subsoil and geology
- Jurassic limestone and rocky terrace, formed approximately 150 million years ago.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 1.140000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner-operator; 15% of the plot is declassified to Chambolle-Musigny village
- Indicative vine age
- Plantings from 1947 to 1962, except 15% replanted in 1997 and declassified; the Musigny cuvée therefore comes from the old vines.
Histoire de la parcelle
The reputation and demarcation of Musigny predate the AOC system: a judgment defining the cru dates from April 16, 1929. The Musigny Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée was initially recognized by the decree of September 11, 1936. The currently demarcated parcel area mentioned in the product specification was approved by the INAO during the sessions of June 1 and 2, 1988.
