Mugnier Musigny Grand Cru 2010

100 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2010 Mugnier Musigny is simply brilliant and clearly one of the greatest wines produced in this magical vintage. The flawless nose soars from the glass in a sappy mélange of red plums, red and black cherries, blood orange, raw cocoa, a profoundly complex base of soil, roses, violets and a breezy topnote of woodsmoke in the distance. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure and utterly seamless, with great depth and intensity hidden behind its supreme façade of refined elegance and weightless beauty. The wine possesses a very sappy core of flawless fruit, tangy acids, fine-grained tannins and perfect focus and balance on the dancing, magical and endless finish. Wine simply does not get any better than this! 2025-2100. (Nov/Dec 2011)"

98 points Stephen Tanzer (International Wine Cellar): "Deep, dark, saturated red. Knockout nose combines black cherry, black raspberry, minerals, graphite and licorice. Like liquid silk in the mouth, conveying great thickness of texture without any weight. Noble, utterly vibrant wine with near-perfect balance and a finish that mounts for two minutes or more. A sappy essence of Burgundy. Mugnier calls 2010 'Burgundy at its best,' and this wine makes his case. (Mar/Apr 2013)"

98 points Fine Wine Review: "Finally, the great Musigny, a wine that adds another dimension and really is spiritual. The wine is dense and deep with great complexity -- it is everything that Musigny should be and goes beyond words. One really does feel humble in front of this wine. 2030-2060 suggested for prime drinking. (Issue #141; 2014)"

96-98 points Antonio Galloni (Wine Advocate): "The 2010 Musigny is breathtaking. It is at once weightless yet full of flavor and dynamism. There is marvelous tension and sheer energy in the fruit, while certain elements of virility – especially in the tannin – seem to develop as the wine sits in the glass. Like all of the Mugnier wines, the Musigny is really a wine built on textural finesse and a certain elusiveness that asks more of the taster than it offers. It represents the height of sensuality and unknowable beauty in Burgundy. In many ways Mugnier’s Musigny resembles Domaine de la Romanee-Conti’s Romanee-Conti. No matter how much time I spend with the wine there is always more to discover. Anticipated maturity: 2025-2045. (Dec 2011)"

97 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "Here the broad ranging nose is actually similar to that of the Amoureuses but it's both cooler and even more restrained. The penetratingly mineral-driven large-scaled flavors are an exercise in refinement with tremendous depth of material that pushes the very firm tannic spine to the background on the palate staining, linear and stunning intense finish. This magnificent effort is regal and aloof at this point and is conceding little in terms of accessibility yet it's irreproachably well-balanced which should permit this magnificent effort to develop slowly but surely over the next 15 plus years. The 2010 Musigny is yet another in a long line of great vintages of this wine from Mugnier. Drink: 2025+. (Jan 2013)"

19/20 points Jancis Robinson, MW: "A deeper colour than his other wines. Racked and blended in October. Very firm and upright. Great vitality! Really racy and amazing with such transparency too! Such charm. Much less dense than most Musigny but with great style and integrity. Firm red-currant fruit. Amazing energy. Drinking Window: 2020-2035. (12/6/11)"