Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Bonnes Mares 2023 [NET] Reasonable Cellar and Witness Tree—to craft a

and Witness Tree—to craft a Chardonnay that's delicate yet profound

yet fresh champagne full of pears

it's the kind of fizz that turns Tuesday into a small occasion

whose wines have earned comparison to Krug while remaining distinctly his own expression of the Grand Cru village of Ambonnay

fermented with indigenous yeasts in concrete

Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Bonnes Mares 2023 [NET] Reasonable Cellar and Witness Tree—to craft aFrederic Mugnier farms a narrow 0. 36 hectare strip of Bonnes Mares, on the Chambolle Musigny side of this Grand Cru straddling the Chambolle Morey border. In his hands it's the most powerful and structured wine in a famously perfumed cellar, but power Mugnier style still means grace: silky texture, lift and transparency over brawn. Production is tiny and the wine is rare. This is Pinot Noir built for the long haul, so cellar it.