2023 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France Domaine de L’Octavin There after the grapes were

There after the grapes were gently extracted by a combination of pumping over and pigeage by foot

Planted in the 1960s in Comblanchien

It translates to “a little place of spring” and indeed the wine has a very pronounced florality

Average age of the vines in production: planting year 1990

The vines selected for this assemblage are between 50 and 90 years old and the musts were vinified on the full lees in barriques for one year

2023 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Cote de Nuits, France Domaine de L’Octavin There after the grapes wereThis wine comes from their two parcels Les Rouges du Bas, older vines planted in 1955, on the slope and Les Quartieres de Nuits, where the soil is iron rich red, with very small bits of limestone. At the bottom of the hill, just outside the wall of Clos Vougeot. They prefer to blend because the complexity of each site.