2014 GEVREY CHAMBERTIN 1ER CRU LES CHAMPEAUX DENIS MORTET - 6x75cl

Tasting Notes

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  Goedhuis, December 2015

  Always a very approachable style of 1er Cru, this generous wine has an attractive volume of vibrant fresh red berry fruits and an appealing freshness which provides sophistication and subtlety on the finish. Lots of charm.

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  Neal Martin, December 2015,
  Score: 93-95

  The 2014 Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Champeaux comes from 60- to 100-year-old vines on four different blocks in the corners of the vineyard, where the soil worked by horse as there is no access into the vineyard for a vehicle. It has a stoic, mineral bouquet that expresses the limestone mother-rock in this vineyard. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe tannin, crisp acidity, superb mineralité, and the 40% new oak seamless is integrated on the crystalline finish. It just encapsulates how far Arnaud Mortet has come as a winemaker -- a brilliant wine. Drink 2019-2040

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  Burghound, January 2016,
  Score: 91-93

  Here the emphatically cool and reserved nose presents a pretty mix of agreeably fresh red and dark currant, spice and earth-infused aromas. There is a slightly more refined mouth feel to the focused, delineated and intense medium weight flavors where the minerality is even more pronounced, all wrapped in a mildly austere and impressively complex, long and impeccably well-balanced finish. This too is really lovely. Drink 2024+

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  Sarah Marsh, December 2015,
  Score: 18.5

  65 year old vines - some are 100 years. Really quite spicy and lifted. This is vigorous - quite compact. there is tension. Lovely depth of red fruits. It is really quite layered. It feels colder and has some grip on the palate…colder stony grip at the end. This is a refined Champeaux…very nicely defined, but with grip too.

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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.