Mongeard-Mugneret Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Nuits Les Dames Huguettes 2021 SHELF Crisp apple and pear notes

Crisp apple and pear notes with citrus undertones always pleases the crowd

and flowers

pepper and cloves

They chase tension and grace rather than power

Belgian Saison yeast and pilsner malt wash

Mongeard-Mugneret Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Nuits Les Dames Huguettes 2021 SHELF Crisp apple and pear notesMongeard Mugneret's day job is grand cru Vosne Romanee Echezeaux, Grands Echezeaux, Richebourg. This is what they make from the hills behind all of that, up in the Hautes Cotes de Nuits, where the vineyards sit higher and cooler and ripen later than the ones on the famous slope below. Les Dames Huguettes is among the better known lieux dits up there. The 2021 vintage was cold and cruelly small across Burgundy after frost gutted the crop, and the wines