2010 GEVREY CHAMBERTIN 1ER CRU LAVAUX ST JACQUES DENIS MORTET - 12x75cl

Tasting Notes

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  Goedhuis, December 2011

  Beyond the church at the top of the slopes in Gevrey Chambertin, this is a bold and big wine focusing on sweet ripe fruit and a fine freshness provided by its cooler vineyard location. A wine of huge potential with strong, full complex flavours on the finish.

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  Burghound, January 2013,
  Score: 93

  This is also very cool yet among the ripest wines in the range with its nose of cassis, red currant and black cherry liqueur accompanied by plenty of mineral nuances. The very rich and quite roundmedium-bodied flavors possess fine mid-palate volume as well as a satiny textured, all wrapped in a wonderfully long and superbly refined finish. This is also a wine of finesse yet there is no lack of focus or punch. This is terrific. Drink 2020+

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  Burghound, January 2012,
  Score: 91-93

  This is also noticeably reduced yet again seems fresh anyway. The flavor profile is distinctly cool, indeed it’s the coolest and most restrained of any of the Dugat 2010s with an intensity of minerality that is the hallmark of a fine Lavaut. I particularly like the superb cut and punch of the balanced, focused and impressively persistent finish. One to consider strongly. Drink: 2020+.Comments: outstanding!

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  Jancis Robinson, January 2012,
  Score: 17.5

  Dense and deep and zesty. Real interest here – savoury and orange peel. Good! Drink 2016-2026

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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.