Mugneret Gibourg NSG Les Chaignots 2018

Mugneret Gibourg NSG Les Chaignots 2018

It is rich and pure

a giant of a wine that smashes your palate with sweet fruit and nearly tears it apart

at its essence

fresh and energetic medium full flavors that are supple

This is easily the freshest wine to this point with its splendidly complex aromas of mostly red currant

The 1993 Cabernet Sauvignon Herb Lamb Vineyard (which has been bottled and will be released in 1996) should turn out to be one of the most exceptional wines of the vintage

From the valley floor

This lightly austere and beautifully well-balanced effort is an obvious wine of class and grace

A ripe but cool and highly complex nose of moderately wooded aromas of violets

Aromatically this is compositionally similar to the regular cuvée except that the fruit is slightly denser and there is notably better complexity

savory herbs

There is a seductive texture to the supple medium-bodied flavors that possess fine mid-palate density before culminating in a dusty and palate coating finish