Domaine Georges MUGNERET-GIBOURG (Vosne-Romanée) -- 2017 Tasted from Bottle

My notes on the 2017s tasted from barrel at Mugneret-Gibourg are here.

As is evident from these notes compared to my previous post, 2017 is a vintage at this estate more to my style than 2018.

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Domaine Georges MUGNERET-GIBOURG (Vosne-Romanée) -- 2018 Tasted from Barrel

(Please see my overview of the 2018 vintage in the Côte d'Or here.)

Although quantities are good in 2018, they will go down again in 2019 — lacking 40%, and so comparable to 2016(!). 

Harvesting began on 4 or 5 September. There is some whole cluster fruit in the Echézeaux only. 

There was a bit of a gap between the end of the alcoholic fermentations and the beginning of the malo-lactic fermentations, but the latter were done by December. Alcohols range from 13.5º to 14.2º. 

The percentage of new oak is 20% for the Bourgogne, 30% for the village wines, 40-45% for the premiers crus, and 60-80% for the grands crus — the normal percentages here.

Here one can see the rapid progression of the ripening at the time of harvest — some wines are in a more classic style, others go to a riper style.

With the reclamation of vines that had been sharecropped, the estate now is 8 ha, as opposed to 6 ha about ten years ago. 

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Domaine Georges MUGNERET-GIBOURG (Vosne-Romanée) -- 2016 Tasted from Barrel

(Originally published January 2018)

Harvesting here began 24 September. All grapes were destemmed. Malolactic fermentations were “classic”— finishing in spring and the wines were racked in June. 

As with the majority estates that I visited, there was at least one wine that will not be made or commercialized in 2016; here, it was the Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru, Les Feusselottes. But what wine was made in the other appellations is, as usual, worthy of the most serous attention. (Continue reading here.)

Domaine MUGNERET-GIBOURG (Vosne-Romanée) -- 2017 Tasted from Barrel

Harvesting began on 4 September in order to avoid overripeness in the grapes. Yields were “good" — that is, "normal" quantity (which hasn’t been seen in many recent vintages), but not at the limits; 2018 will have higher yields than 2017.

All grapes were destemmed. Malo-lactic fermentations finished in late 2017 and early 2018, and the wines were racked in July 2018.

The estate continues to take back property that had been under sharecropping agreements (métayage). In particular, it will take back Bourgogne Pinot Noir, Vosne-Romanée, and Echézeaux vines, putting the estate up to 8 ha in size, with a little sharecropping still left of village Vosne and Echézeaux left under Pascal Mugneret.

Unsurprisingly, beautiful, pure wines here for those lucky enough to obtain them. (Continue reading here.)