Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg

Mugneret is a long-established name among winemakers in the Côte de Nuits, particularly in Vosne-Romanée, while the Gibourg name comes from grain farmers of the Saône plain. Jeanne Gibourg (1906-1997) married André Mugneret (1905-1986) in 1928, and together they created Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg in 1933, producing Bourgogne Rouge, Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Échezeaux Grand Cru. Their only son, Georges Mugneret (1929-1988), an ophthalmologist in Dijon, pursued the family profession in parallel with his medical career and enlarged the estate with successive purchases: Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru in 1953, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots in 1971, Ruchottes-Chambertin Grand Cru in 1977 and Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Feusselottes in 1985. These holdings formed Domaine Georges Mugneret. After 1988, Georges's wife Jacqueline took over the activity with their daughter Marie-Christine, and Marie-Andrée joined them several years later. In 2009 Domaines Mugneret-Gibourg and Georges Mugneret combined as Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg; Jacqueline retired the same year, and the two sisters have headed the estate since. The domaine remains family-owned.

• 1928: Jeanne Gibourg and André Mugneret married; 1933: they created Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg.
• 1953 to 1985: Georges Mugneret bought Clos de Vougeot, Les Chaignots, Ruchottes-Chambertin and Les Feusselottes, forming Domaine Georges Mugneret.
• 2009: the two domaines combined as Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg, and Jacqueline Mugneret retired.

The estate is headed by Marie-Christine and Marie-Andrée Mugneret, the third generation. Marie-Christine holds a Doctor's Degree in Pharmacy (1983) and studied oenology at the University of Dijon; she returned to the domaine at the beginning of 1988, and today she supervises the wines as they age and takes particular care over the bottling. Marie-Andrée joined her mother and sister in 1992 after obtaining her National Oenology Diploma and is in charge of the vineyard and sales. Florent Lompré, who joined in 1999, is in charge of viticulture and helps the sisters with vinification, maturing and bottling; Florence Pichon, at the domaine since 1998, is an operations assistant; Alain Givrey joined in January 2016. Lucie, Marie-Christine's eldest daughter, joined the domaine in 2017, and Marie-Andrée's daughters Marion and Fanny complete the fourth generation. Fanny runs La Maison de Jacqueline, the family guesthouse next to the domaine.

• Marie-Christine Mugneret: supervises the wines during ageing and the bottling.
• Marie-Andrée Mugneret: in charge of the vineyard and sales; joined in 1992.
• Florent Lompré (since 1999): in charge of viticulture; Florence Pichon (since 1998): operations assistant.
• Fourth generation: Lucie (joined 2017), Marion and Fanny.

The domaine cultivates over 8 hectares (nearly 20 acres) in 9 appellations. On November 1, 2016, a farming lease on its plots of Bourgogne Rouge, part of Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Bas de Combe and Échezeaux Rouges du Bas came to an end, and since then the domaine has farmed all of its vineyards itself. The Échezeaux comes from two parcels, Les Rouges du Bas and Les Quartiers de Nuits, both on deep soil of gravel and silt; Jeanne and André Mugneret acquired Les Quartiers de Nuits in 1930 and added Les Rouges du Bas in 1934. The Ruchottes-Chambertin vineyard lies at the end of the Combe de Lavaux on thin, stony soil; Georges Mugneret obtained the parcel in 1977 with the help of Charles Rousseau, following the sale of Domaine Thomas-Bossot, and it covers 0.60 ha. The Clos de Vougeot, Georges's first purchase in 1953 while he was a medical student, lies high in the Clos between the vines of JN Méo and Lamarche, on pebbly, gravelly soil with very low clay content. In Nuits-Saint-Georges, Les Chaignots is a sloping, pebbly, east-facing parcel on brown limestone with very little clay, and Les Vignes Rondes lies on deep, rich, rocky soil. Les Feusselottes, in Chambolle-Musigny, is on red earth with occasional rocky outcrops. The village Vosne-Romanée draws on Les Chalendins, Le Pré de la Folie, Les Champs Gourdin and Les Croix Blanches, all on clay and limestone. The village Nuits-Saint-Georges comes from a parcel at the edge of Vosne-Romanée, facing Clos du Réas, bought by André Mugneret in 1932, and the Bourgogne comes from Les Lutinières, southeast of Vosne-Romanée, inherited in 1931 and classified as Vosne-Romanée village appellation until 1936.

• Over 8 hectares (nearly 20 acres) in 9 appellations; all vineyards farmed by the domaine since a farming lease ended on November 1, 2016.
• Grands Crus: Clos de Vougeot (bought 1953), Ruchottes-Chambertin (1977, 0.60 ha), Échezeaux (Les Quartiers de Nuits 1930, Les Rouges du Bas 1934).
• Premiers Crus: Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Chaignots (1971) and Les Vignes Rondes; Chambolle-Musigny Les Feusselottes (1985).
• Village and regional: Vosne-Romanée, Vosne-Romanée La Colombière, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Bourgogne (Les Lutinières).

The range comprises a Bourgogne, a Vosne-Romanée and a Nuits-Saint-Georges; the Premiers Crus Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Chaignots, Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Vignes Rondes and Chambolle-Musigny Les Feusselottes; and the Grands Crus Échezeaux, Ruchottes-Chambertin and Clos de Vougeot. A Vosne-Romanée La Colombière was added with the 2018 vintage, when the parcel, located behind the domaine, was separated from the other Vosne-Romanée parcels. The parcel had been share-cropped from 1966 until the end of 2016, and its 2017 crop was blended into the village Vosne-Romanée. The domaine places its Clos de Vougeot between the power and finesse of Ruchottes-Chambertin and the elegance of Échezeaux, and credits it with the greatest ageing potential of its three Grands Crus.

• Regional and village: Bourgogne, Vosne-Romanée, Vosne-Romanée La Colombière (from the 2018 vintage), Nuits-Saint-Georges.
• Premiers Crus: Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Chaignots, Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Vignes Rondes, Chambolle-Musigny Les Feusselottes.
• Grands Crus: Échezeaux, Ruchottes-Chambertin, Clos de Vougeot.

Marie-Christine and Marie-Andrée established their viticulture on sustainable methods, and the domaine ploughs its soils so that the vine roots grow deeply. Pruning takes place in winter, and the grapes are picked by hand in September. In the vat-house the fruit is sorted on a sorting table and the stems are totally removed. A cold maceration of four to five days precedes an alcoholic fermentation of approximately 10 days, for a total vatting time of 15 to 20 days. After pneumatic pressing, each cuvée ages for 18 months in oak barrels, with rackings, before each appellation is blended; the wines are bottled at the domaine and are neither fined nor filtered. In the domaine's words, Marie-Christine, Marie-Andrée and their team 'make their wine in a gentle and classical style, thus preserving all the delicacy, fruit, and freshness of the grape.' The wines are sold in France and abroad.

• Sustainable viticulture with ploughed soils; hand harvest in September.
• Sorting table and total destemming; cold maceration of four to five days; fermentation of about 10 days; total vatting of 15 to 20 days.
• 18 months in oak barrels with racking; bottled at the domaine, unfined and unfiltered.

In December 2009 a cold night, when the temperature fell to -20°C within a few hours, cost the domaine 1 hectare of the vines for its village Vosne-Romanée. Frost in 2021 heavily reduced the crop in the Grands Crus, while the village vines near the Route Nationale largely escaped it; the 2022 crop was double that of 2021. Reviewing the 2020 vintage in November 2021, Burgundy Report called the wines 'a seriously impressive set of 2020s.' From 2021 the family house was renovated into chambres d'hôtes, which were practically ready for guests by December 2023.

• December 2009: a winter frost cost 1 hectare of the village Vosne-Romanée vines.
• November 1, 2016: a farming lease ended, and the domaine took over the farming of all its vineyards.
• 2018: first vintage of Vosne-Romanée La Colombière.
• 2021: frost losses in the Grands Crus; the 2022 crop was double that of 2021.

Primary sources (producer's own site): https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/histoire/1/the-family, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/histoire/2/marie-christine-mugneret, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/histoire/3/marie-andree-mugneret, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/viticulture-vinification-philosophie, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/viticulture-vinification-equipe, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/news/50040/increased-production-in-our-vineyards-from-the-2017-crop, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/news/50052/a-new-cuvee-vosne-romanee-la-colombiere, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/news/50053/from-generation-to-generation, and the estate's wine pages: https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/vin/4/bourgogne, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/vin/1/vosne-romanee, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/vin/10/nuits-saint-georges, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/vin/11/nuits-saint-georges-1er-cru-les-chaignots, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/vin/12/nuits-saint-georges-1er-cru-les-vignes-rondes, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/vin/7/chambolle-musigny-1er-cru-les-feusselottes, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/vin/5/ruchottes-chambertin-grand-cru, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/vin/8/clos-vougeot-grand-cru, https://www.mugneret-gibourg.com/en/vin/9/echezeaux-grand-cru. Secondary sources: Burgundy Report visit reports of 18 May 2014 (https://www.burgundy-report.com/burgundy-report-extra/05-2014/dr-georges-mugneret/), 15 November 2021 (https://www.burgundy-report.com/burgundy-report-extra/12-2021/georges-mugneret-gibourg-2020/) and 1 December 2023 (https://www.burgundy-report.com/burgundy-report-extra/12-2023/georges-mugneret-gibourg-2022/). Last verified 2026-10-19. Where the producer's site and a secondary source disagree, the producer's site governs.