Who makes it
Before taking over the domaine, Frédéric Mugnier completed engineering studies and worked as an oil engineer in Saudi Arabia. He now leads Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier from Château de Chambolle-Musigny. The vineyard follows lutte raisonnée, a reasoned farming approach: industrial fertilizer use ended in 1986, herbicides in 1990, and insecticides in 1995.
In the cellar, Mugnier seeks minimal intervention and keeps the work at craft scale. Pickers are taught what to leave out, and the method avoids industrial assembly line practices.
Where it grows
Chambolle-Musigny supplies the village and appellation wording, with the domaine based at Château de Chambolle-Musigny in the Côte de Nuits. The signature bottle carries both the village context and the Côte de Nuits designation.
Musigny Grand Cru adds a vineyard classification within Burgundy. Grand Cru identifies the highest vineyard level in the regional hierarchy, above village and premier cru designations.
What they make
Musigny Grand Cru Domaine Jacques Frédéric Mugnier is a red Côte de Nuits wine made from Pinot Noir. The 2018 vintage is the bottle named in the range, with Musigny Grand Cru identifying its vineyard classification. Pinot Noir provides the grape and the red style.
The 2018 Musigny from Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier is supple and fleshy, with waves of flavour across the palate and latent muscle beneath the texture. It finishes bright, layered and fine.