Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Nuits-St.-Georges Clos des Fourches 2023 PET-NAT working the vines himself and

working the vines himself and erring on the side of picking at 98% ripe rather than 102%

this aperitivo defies easy categorization: it's neither fortified nor simply rosé

sourced from north-facing vineyards that provide extra freshness and balance

now a Santa Barbara treasure: J

and aging in barrel (around one year old)

Jacques-Frederic Mugnier Nuits-St.-Georges Clos des Fourches 2023 PET-NAT working the vines himself andClos des Fourches is a clever, hard to find bottling: in some years Mugnier sets aside the youngest vines of his Clos de la Marechale monopole and bottles them under this revived historical name, which the parcel carried until the vineyard was renamed in the late 1800s. Labeled as village Nuits Saint Georges, it's the supple, immediate, early drinking side of the Marechale, pure and lifted, with the silky Mugnier signature. A more approachable, less