C?te de Nuits are not wines that will have to be cellared for decades. They are characterised by truly burgundian delicacy
If you’re a burgundy lover, you’ve got to love the laconic Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier, maker of particularly fine Chambolle-Musigny.
“I prefer good wine to great wine,” he confided when showing me his 2011s last November. “Great wines are made to last. But the longevity of wines, and their tannin level, has nothing to do with quality. My aim is to make wine for people who want to drink them, not necessarily keep them. Our customers today are probably more likely to move often than to have long-term cellars. My wines do age, much more slowly than I would have thought, but that’s not my main aim.”