Mongeard-Mugneret
Les Petits Monts Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Pinot Noir
Vosne-Romanée, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
Elegant and beautiful soft black cherries notes of coffee. Perfect balance and layer after layer of complexity. Late notes of cocoa.
Elegant and beautiful soft black cherries notes of coffee. Perfect balance and layer after layer of complexity. Late notes of cocoa.
Jul 9th, 2019
Showing perfectly now. Floral nose, great structure and red cherry, clove and spice. Tannis not very distinctive but freshness and acidity on the finish.
Showing perfectly now. Floral nose, great structure and red cherry, clove and spice. Tannis not very distinctive but freshness and acidity on the finish.
Oct 17th, 2015
2002 Mongeard-Mugneret "Les Petits Monts" Opulent, silky, bursting w fruit. Just settling into it's own skin #FilthyOldVino #FilthyGoodVino
2002 Mongeard-Mugneret "Les Petits Monts" Opulent, silky, bursting w fruit. Just settling into it's own skin #FilthyOldVino #FilthyGoodVino
Dec 11th, 2013
Happy 4th! Young Vosne, wait on these!
Happy 4th! Young Vosne, wait on these!
Jul 5th, 2023Pinot Noir Blind Tasting: Showed well despite infant state; had to check in to see what cellar stash will yield down the road! Bravo👍🏻👏🏻Cheers 🍇🍷
…Day 2 - Follow up: Velvety dark fruits with fabulous concentration long finish on & on!
Pinot Noir Blind Tasting: Showed well despite infant state; had to check in to see what cellar stash will yield down the road! Bravo👍🏻👏🏻Cheers 🍇🍷
…Day 2 - Follow up: Velvety dark fruits with fabulous concentration long finish on & on!
Velvet but too much oak. Great drinking in a few years
Velvet but too much oak. Great drinking in a few years
Aug 9th, 2021
Brickish tinge, surprisingly. Clear and light appearance.
Nose shows lots of savoury, earthy characteristics, some corn
Earhty, mushroom flavours, clove and ginger, held together with lots of bright acid. Ashy flavours on the finish with just a hint of red fruits rounding it out
Brickish tinge, surprisingly. Clear and light appearance.
Nose shows lots of savoury, earthy characteristics, some corn
Earhty, mushroom flavours, clove and ginger, held together with lots of bright acid. Ashy flavours on the finish with just a hint of red fruits rounding it out
This was one of the only 2005s that I did not like on release. It had a very strange bitterness to it, almost a chemical taste. Happily, it is in much better shape now. It still starts out with a hint of bitterness, but not in an offputting sense now as it's instead more of a stemmy or green peppery streak that eventually manages to get absorbed into the wine. Then the fruit is really saturating and pure, dark blue/black flavors with the intensity of a new release with an earthiness underneath that reminds me of some of the young Oregon wines we were tasting on vacation this year. It's another reminder of just how distinctive the 2005 vintage is in Burgundy, eight years out and still amazingly primary. Of course this particular wine has developed a lot, and for the better, but if I hadn't had it way back when I'd have assumed this hadn't budged.
This was one of the only 2005s that I did not like on release. It had a very strange bitterness to it, almost a chemical taste. Happily, it is in much better shape now. It still starts out with a hint of bitterness, but not in an offputting sense now as it's instead more of a stemmy or green peppery streak that eventually manages to get absorbed into the wine. Then the fruit is really saturating and pure, dark blue/black flavors with the intensity of a new release with an earthiness underneath that reminds me of some of the young Oregon wines we were tasting on vacation this year. It's another reminder of just how distinctive the 2005 vintage is in Burgundy, eight years out and still amazingly primary. Of course this particular wine has developed a lot, and for the better, but if I hadn't had it way back when I'd have assumed this hadn't budged.
Sep 12th, 2015