When their father Georges died in 1988 insisting winemaking was "not a job for women," sisters Marie-Christine and Marie-Andrée Mugneret proved him spectacularly wrong. Together they have elevated this Vosne-Romanée-based domaine to the first rank of Burgundy—Marie-Christine in the cellar, Marie-Andrée in the vineyard—farming just over eight hectares across nine appellations. Les Vignes Rondes is a Premier Cru on the southern side of Nuits-Saint-Georges, where rich limestone-and-clay soils produce wines of dark fruit intensity and refined, aging-worthy tannins. Hand-harvested, meticulously sorted, aged eighteen months in oak, then bottled without fining or filtration. The 2012 vintage—born from a troubled spring redeemed by a warm, sunny summer and autumn—produced charming, expressive Burgundy with deep color, sophisticated tannins, and concentrated fruit, though in tiny quantities. Now fully mature and showing beautifully.