Mongeard-Mugneret Fixin 2022

CRITICAL ACCLAIM:

"A succulent, spicy style, exuding blackberry, black cherry, violet, vanilla and sweet spice aromas and flavors. Vivid acidity keeps this from being top-heavy, while the oak treatment infuses the earthy finish. Best from 2028 through 2042. 30 cases imported." - 90 PTS, WINE SPECTATOR (07/2025)

IMPORTER NOTES:

ABOUT THE PRODUCER: “The Mongeard family arrived in Vosne-Romanée in the eighteenth century, with records showing a Mongeard working as vigneron for Domaine de la Romanée-Conti in 1786. In 1945, Jean Mongeard, whose mother was a Mugneret, found himself making wine at the age of 16 in the place of his father who had died years earlier…In 1975, Vincent Mongeard, Jean’s son, began working alongside his father and became responsible for viticulture and vinification of the domaine’s wines. He persuaded his father to return to the traditional method of bottling, without filtration, filtering only with certain vintages. Jean Mongeard retired in 1995, and Vincent assumed complete leadership of the domaine. Today, Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret covers a total area of more than 75 acres, split among 35 appellations. The varied range of climats in which the Mongeards own vineyards results, naturally, in wines of great diversity.”

TASTING: "Offers good, deep color, and is much more rustic and earthy than the Savigny-les-Beaune, more Nuits than Beaune. It has more body and oaky, silky black fruit, which is raisined and ripe, with tobacco and a leafy, vegetal component and a little bit of tannin. A very nice wine for its appellation."