Saturated red-ruby color. Pure, vibrant nose features smoky black cherry. Rich, sweet and pure, with superb energy to the flavors of black and red cherry and minerals. Impressively dense, broad wine, finishing with excellent lingering perfume and solid spine for aging. In comparison to this wine, the 2005 version seems a bit easier. (ST)

Beautiful fresh raspberry flavors appear with tannins showing a density and dryness, but the essential is the perfume and the freshness. While it is not a big wine, it does have a solid core of dense fruit, but the end is light, with just a hint of tannin. (RV)

The Clos de la Maréchale continues to get better with every passing year that the vineyard management is in the hands of Monsieur Mugnier, and the 2006 will be a very worthy successor to the lovely 2005. The nose on the ’06 is deep and very refined for a young Nuits premier cru, as it offers up notes of red and black cherries, dark berries, a bit of espresso, refined soil tones, smoke, a touch of gamebird and raw cocoa. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, suave and polished, with a seamless palate impression, fine mid-palate depth, fine-grained tannins and excellent length and grip on the long and tangy finish. Really a first class bottle of wine in the making.