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Denis Mortet, Chambertin Grand Cru 2012
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
Tasted at the Denis Mortet Chambertin vertical, the 2012 Chambertin Grand Cru is a quite wonderful wine that vindicates my assessment from barrel. It has quite an understated bouquet with hints of rose petal and damp(ish) earth tincturing the red berry fruit, unfurling with each swirl of the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine detail. There is a succulence to this Chambertin, one that is embroidered with extremely fine tannins and blessed with a vibrant, almost citrus-like finish. It might not covet grand ambitions like the 2010, and yet it stands shoulder to shoulder in terms of its poise and finesse. This is a magnificent Chambertin. Tasted January 2016.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
(20% vendange entier): Bright, deep red. Wonderfully complex nose combines raspberry, smoke, minerals, pepper, licorice and musky underbrush. A bit more timid on the attack than the Clos Vougeot, then sappy and powerful in the middle, displaying great intensity and thrust to its precise flavors of purple fruits, spices and saline minerality. A wine of outstanding finesse and inner-mouth tension. The ripe, noble tannins saturate the entire mouth on the very long, vibrant finish. A splendid young Chambertin with a great long career ahead of it.
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.
