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Denis Mortet, Chambertin Grand Cru 2010
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Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
Tasted at the Denis Mortet Chambertin vertical, the 2010 Chambertin Grand Cru is probably the finest wine that Arnaud Mortet has overseen...thus far! It has a very complex bouquet with initially rather broody black fruit, briary and dried blood scents, cranberry and black truffle developing further on with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin that frame such pure black and red fruit. There is a sorbet-fresh attack to this Chambertin, great tension with superb mineralité on the finish. This is an outstanding Chambertin with a long future ahead. Tasted January 2016.
About the Producer
"We chose to invest in plots rather than buying grapes" Denis Mortet's vineyard has always been made up of a multitude of plots. Historically, Charles Mortet started in 1956 with one hectre of vines. Denis Mortet took over in 1992, the estate was made up of 4.5 hectares in the communes of Gevrey Chambertin, Chambolle-Musigny and Vougeot. In 1993, Denis and Laurence, his wife took over a 4 hectare estate including plots of Premier Cru Lavaux Saint-Jacques, village plots located in En Motrot, Au Velle and En Champs and also a plot in Marsannay at a locailty. The Longeroies. In 1997, they bought a plot located in En Combe du Dessus in Gevrey-Chambertin Grand Cru and in 2000 a few plots including En Deree village and a few Premier Cru plots. Today, Laurence, Arnaud and Clemence operate around a hundred plots on a vineyard stretching from Daix, on the Dijon plateau, to Vougeot.
