2022 Domaine Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Clos de la Marechale Blanc Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru, France Massimo Coletti No lees stirring

No lees stirring

with the remainder—Grenache exclusively

Fermented and aged for 4 months in barrel before aging for 20 years in bottle

This bottling is a unique snapshot of a true coastal vineyard in California

Training system:Double and single GuyotPlant density per hectare:7000 / 5500Year planted:1970 / 2009 / 2015Yield per hectare:60 quintalsVinification system:direct pressing of the grapes and alcoholic fermentation of the first-pressing must in steel fermenting vatsMaturing:12 months in steel vatsAging:12 months in the bottleBottles produced per year:2000

2022 Domaine Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Clos de la Marechale Blanc Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru, France Massimo Coletti No lees stirringFrom a 0. 6 hectare Chardonnay plot within Mugniers walled monopolerecreated by over grafting Pinot vines to Chardonnay when the Clos returned to the domainethe 2022 marries the sites limestone rich soils to a low intervention, detail first levage. The grapes are pressed directly, ferment slowly with ambient yeasts (initially in tank), and age about a year on fine lees in used barrels before a winter bottling, with modest sulfur additions before