Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Nuits-St.-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Marechale Rouge 2023 NO20231018 this aperitivo defies easy categorization:

this aperitivo defies easy categorization: it's neither fortified nor simply rosé

This Syrah comes from his Vin de France range

drawn from his own plantings on a former apple farm that he converted to vines in 1997

and the slightly lower

the Bruniers of Vieux Telegraphe and Dominique Hebrard of Cheval Blanc

Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Nuits-St.-Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Marechale Rouge 2023 NO20231018 this aperitivo defies easy categorization:The southernmost Premier Cru in Nuits, Clos de la Marechale was leased to Faiveley for decades, a firm, structured, classic Nuits, until Frederic Mugnier took back the reins of his family monopole in 2004 and revealed its true soul. Instead of muscle and tannin, he draws out elegance, perfume and subtlety. He always maintained the site has more in common with Chambolle Musigny than the rest of Nuits, and tasting it, it's hard to disagree: unmistakably