Winemaker
Marie-Andrée Mugneret
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Vosne-Romanée, France
i. Biography
The family-domaine model in Vosne-Romanée works through accumulated practical control: vineyard decisions, harvest execution, cellar follow-through, and the continuity of buyers who track the wines across vintages. Within Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg in the Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, that model is carried by Marie-Andrée Mugneret with her sister Marie-Christine Mugneret, extending a line in which inheritance is proved by work rather than claimed by name.
Training and Lineage
Family succession in a Burgundy domaine is a working structure before it is a family story. At the estate, Marie-Andrée Mugneret stands as family estate principal within Vosne-Romanée and the Côte de Nuits, where the calendar is set by vineyard demand, cellar timing, and the commercial life of the bottles after release. Continuity is maintained through repeated technical acts: soil work, canopy management, harvest timing, and the transfer of fruit from vineyard to cellar. Marie-Andrée Mugneret's formation sits inside that discipline, where the family name is carried by accuracy, patience, and repeatable standards rather than reputation alone.
Today
The current co-head structure at Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg links vineyard work directly to the market. Marie-Andrée Mugneret is family estate principal and co-head with Marie-Christine, with specific responsibility for vineyard and sales. That pairing keeps the growing season connected to the people who buy, pour, cellar, and return to the wines. Sustainable farming there is expressed through defined practices: plowing between rows, green harvest, hand-harvesting grapes, destemming fruit, fermenting with indigenous yeasts, and bottling unfined and unfiltered. In Marie-Andrée Mugneret's area of responsibility, these choices form a practical chain from row management to cellar restraint. Cellar élevage is organized by classification. The wines are aged in French oak for 18 months, with 10–20% new oak for village wines, 30–50% for premier cru wines, and up to 70% for grand cru wines. The framework gives each level its own support while keeping the estate's method consistent from village bottlings to grand cru wines.
Signature
Named bottlings at Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg carry the work through place and practice. Signature bottlings include Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Clos Vougeot and Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Chaignots. Read as a set, they place Marie-Andrée Mugneret's work in the overlap of named vineyards, family continuity, and repeatable farming choices.
Accolades
The domaine holds HVE sustainable certification, alongside its herbicide-free farming.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
Asked of Marie-Andrée
What is Marie-Andrée Mugneret's current role?
Marie-Andrée Mugneret is co-head of Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg in Vosne-Romanée, France, with her sister Marie-Christine, and is more specifically in charge of the vineyard and sales.
Where did Marie-Andrée Mugneret work before?
She joined the family domaine several years after Marie-Christine took over, with her career arc centered on the Vosne-Romanée estate.
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