JACQUES-FREDERIC MUGNIER MUSIGNY GRAND CRU 2017

JACQUES-FREDERIC MUGNIER MUSIGNY GRAND CRU 2017Red cherry, dried rose petal, and forest floor arrive with quiet intensity in the glass, grounded by a mineral finesse that reflects the split character terroir of Mugnier's 1. 14 hectare Musigny parcel. Lower slope fissured rock allows deep root penetration and rapid drainage, while upper slope marly soil lightened by oolitic limestone scree retains just enough moisture to ensure even ripening every year. Vines planted between 1947 and 1962 old

Red cherry, dried rose petal, and forest floor arrive with quiet intensity in the glass, grounded by a mineral finesse that reflects the split-character terroir of Mugnier's 1.14-hectare Musigny parcel. Lower-slope fissured rock allows deep root penetration and rapid drainage, while upper-slope marly soil lightened by oolitic limestone scree retains just enough moisture to ensure even ripening every year. Vines planted between 1947 and 1962 — old enough that Mugnier downgraded a 1997 replanted section to village-level Chambolle-Musigny rather than compromise the grand cru — yield between 2,000 and 5,000 bottles annually. The 2017 harvest was clean enough to require no sorting, a first for the domaine.