2006 GEVREY CHAMBERTIN VIEILLES VIGNES DENIS MORTET - 12x75cl

Tasting Notes

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  Goedhuis, January 2008

  Arnaud has changed his father "Mes 5 Villages" cuvée into 2 different wines - Gevrey Chambertin andGevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes, the latter including all vines over 50-years-old. Slightly closed on the nose,this 2006 opens up wonderfully on the palate with a sweet, fleshy core and notable minerality. Mouthfillingyet pure and refined. Drink 2010 - 2018+.

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  Burghound, January 2009,
  Score: 89

  This is finer and more elegant if reserved with reticent, ripe and earthy red pinot fruit that displays a touch of forest floor that slides into delicious, rich and full-bodied flavors that possess good dry extract levels and a mouth coating finish that possesses excellent phenolic maturity. A serious villages built to age that is recommended. Drink: 2013+.Notes: from vines over 50 years of age.

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  Burghound, January 2008,
  Score: 87-90

  This is finer and more elegant if also notably reserved with reticent, ripe and earthy red pinot fruit that displays a touch of forest floor that slides into delicious, rich and fullbodied flavors that possess good dry extract levels and a mouth coating finish that possesses better phenolic maturity. A serious villages built to age that is recommended. Drink: 2014+.Notes: from vines over 50 years of age.Comments: outstanding!

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  Jancis Robinson, January 2008,
  Score: 18.5

  90 year old vines I'm told! Really amazing. Very rich and round and very hedonistic - one mightalmost call it an American cuvée except that D Schildknecht won't be impressed by sheer richness.But by any lights this is really great wine. So glad to see this domaine bounce back. A wine to swallow rather than spit. Great stuff. So confident and long. Drink 2009 - 2018.

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Producer

Domaine Denis Mortet

For many years, Dénis Mortet worked passionately to create one of the most sought after domaines in Burgundy. He learned about winemaking while working with his father Charles, a cousin of Charles Rousseau. From the early 1990s he built his vineyard area to almost 10 hectares dispersed throughout Gevrey Chambertin, Chambolle Musigny, Vougeot, Fixin and Marsannay. His exceptional determination and self-criticism drove him in pursuit of the holy grail of Gevrey Chambertin. Year-in and year-out, he aimed for higher and higher ideals believing that there was always better, always purer. Sadly, he has not lived to see his results. After his tragic death in 2006 at the age of just 51, his son, Arnaud, took over vineyard management and winemaking. Since then, this domaine has been soaring to ever-greater heights. In Dénis’s era the wines had been admired for their opulence, but in the past decade Arnaud has redefined the Mortet style as one that ascends towards a pinnacle of finesse and elegance. The dextrous handling of each parcel means the Fixin and Marsannay are as interesting talking points as the Lavaux St Jacques and Clos de Vougeot. The domaine has forged a reputation for organic viticulture par excellence, and the dedicated work in the vineyards is abundantly clear in the cellar. Arnaud has an astonishing gift for managing whole bunch fruit and matching new oak to his pure, crystalline wines.