2017 Georges Mugneret Gibourg, Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru 1x75cl

Robert Parker – 96

The 2017 Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru is showing brilliantly from bottle, wafting from the glass with a deep and complex bouquet of wild berries, peonies, potpourri, dark chocolate, cinnamon and sweet soil tones that are even more beautifully integrated than they were when I tasted the wine from barrel last year. On the palate, it’s full-bodied, velvety and enveloping, with a deep and multidimensional core, succulent acids and beautifully refined, powdery tannins, concluding with a long and mineral finish. This is an immensely elegant, graceful Ruchottes that has come together brilliantly. [03/12/2019]

Anticipated maturity: 2027-2050

Vinous – 94

The 2017 Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru is matured in 70% new oak with more François Frères barrels than other cuvée. The fragrant, mineral-driven bouquet articulates the terroir supremely well. The palate is medium-bodied with filigreed tannin, touches of brown spice intermingling with blackberry and bilberry fruit and merging with more red fruit and hints of fig and white pepper toward the persistent finish. This is an outstanding Ruchottes-Chambertin. [Neal Martin, 10/01/2019]

Anticipated maturity: 2022-2045

Burghound – 92

This is the first wine to display more than a trace of reduction though it’s not so prominent as to dominate the otherwise cool, restrained and elegant wisps of earth, dark berries and a hint of game. The mineral-driven and enveloping middle weight plus flavors possess good muscle and plenty of punch on the mocha-infused, youthfully austere and serious if somewhat linear and compact finish. This is a big wine in the context of what is typical for the vintage and a wine that will require at least some cellaring. [10/01/2020]

Jasper Morris – 95

Bright fulsome purple with an exquisite bouquet. There is a purity on the palate too, perfectly poised, slightly darker raspberry at the back, picked at the pitch of ripeness, long and sensual yet still precise. [01/09/2021]