2020 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Bourgogne Les Lutenieres [D92]

Producer: Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg 
Region: Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France 
Varietal: Pinot Noir 
Year: 2020   

Decanter, 92 Points 

"Inky black colour and a super-concentrated blackberry fruit, with an edge of spice and smoke. Lovely quality at this level - truly impressive. This cuvée is made only with old vines from the lieu-dit Lutenière on the far side of the Nationale in Vosne. The grapes are destemmed and given a short cold soak prior to fermentation, with gentle punching down and pumping over."  

John Gilman, 

"The 2020 Bourgogne rouge from the Mugnerets is a lovely example of the vintage, despite this being the highest octane wine in the range this year, tipping the scales at 14.7 percent alcohol. I suppose this is not surprising, as the Bourgogne vines would be the last harvested and in the heat of late August, sugars would have continued to mount while bunches were brought in from the premier and grand cru parcels first. However, the wine shows lovely freshness in its deep and sappy bouquet of black raspberries, cassis, dark chocolate, woodsmoke and a fine base of soil. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, vibrant and chewy, with excellent mid-palate depth, good acids and focus and a long, quite lovely finish. Good juice." 

Alcohol: 14.1% 

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