2009 | Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret | Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru

2009 was a particularly good vintage for red Burgundy, producing well-structured wines with rich, luscious fruit.

Reviews:

• John Gilman: If one needed any more evidence that Vincent Mongeard is at the top of his game today, then consider just how beautifully he has done in the 2009 vintage! His 2009 Grands Echézeaux is truly exceptional, with no signs of overripeness in evidence and a very classy and elegant profile on both the nose and palate. The excellent bouquet delivers scents of baked plums and black cherries, venison, chocolate, woodsmoke, fresh nutmeg, a fine base of soil, a touch of mustard seed and a sound foundation of nutty new wood. On the palate the wine is deep, full- bodied and nicely plush on the attack, with a fine core, moderate tannins and very good length and grip on the wide open and really blossoming finish. The wine is already starting to show some autumnal shadings and is not a bad drink today, but I would give it another four or five years in the cellar to allow it to more fully develop its secondary layers of complexity.

• Allen Meadows: This is also quite reduced and it's impossible to fairly assess the nose. The big-bodied flavors are also admirably concentrated and quite serious with a brooding character as well as a very firm yet ripe tannic spine that is well-buffered by the ample sap. Like the old vines Ech, this should be capable of absorbing its wood if given a few years in bottle first.

Producer Information

Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret is a Burgundy estate with a long history of making fine Pinot Noir wines in Vosne-Romanée. The Mongeard family dates its origins in the commune back to 1620. In the 1920s, the marriage of Eugène Mongeard to Edmée Mugneret brought together vineyards from both families, increasing the size of the domaine. In 1945, their son Jean began estate-bottling the wine for the first time and releasing it commercially under the name Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret. Jean had taken over the estate and at 16 was selling its grapes to esteemed producers such as Marquis d'Angerville and Henri Gouges. It was on Gouges' advice that Jean transitioned to bottling the wine himself. The estate is now one of the larger properties and has 30 hectares (75 acres) of vines in over 30 different vineyards, with an average vine age of more than 40 years. The most sought-after wines in Mongeard-Mugneret's catalog are six grand cru-designated wines made from parcels in four esteemed vineyards: Échezeaux, Grands Échezeaux, Clos de Vougeot and Richebourg. Pinot Noir is the most significant variety in the portfolio, supplemented with a small number of white wines made from Chardonnay and Aligoté. The white wines tend not to come from the more prestigious grand and premier cru-designated vineyards that the domaine is famous for.

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