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Denis Mortet, Chambertin Grand Cru 2023
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Tasting notes
Reviewed by: William Kelley
The 2023 Chambertin Grand Cru offers up pretty aromas of cherries and raspberries mingled with intones of blood orange, rose petals and violets. Medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, it's pure and precise, with fine, powdery structuring tannins, lively acids and a saline finish.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2023 Chambertin Grand Cru was done with 100% whole bunch with the central stem removed. It has a fragrant bouquet with vivacious red berry fruit, rose petals, hints of blue fruit and violet. Very refined, it gains intensity in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied and very mineral-driven, with a strict, linear opening and a little graphite developing toward the finish. This is a serious and intense Chambertin that should age beautifully in bottle.
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.
