Jacques Frederic Mugnier Bonnes Mares Grand Cru 2010 750ml

Frédéric Mugnier left a career as an airline pilot to devote himself to his family's Chambolle-Musigny domaine, and his 2010 Bonnes-Mares shows why these wines are so sought after. The vintage, with small yields and excellent ripeness balanced by fresh acidity, is regarded as one of the finest of its decade for red Burgundy. John Gilman called it "the finest young Bonnes-Mares" he had tasted from the estate, describing red and black cherry, plum, blood orange, woodsmoke and violets over a deep, seamless, silken palate. Vinous noted that about half the vines were replanted in 1987. Approaching its plateau, it should drink beautifully over the next decade and beyond.