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Denis Mortet, Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Aux Beaux Bruns 2013
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Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
(30% new oak): Healthy deep red. Aromas of candied blackberry and bitter chocolate call to mind a wine from Saint-Emilion! Supple, very ripe and dry; more open-knit in the middle palate than the Gevrey premier crus. Finishes with broad, serious, slightly dry tannins and a note of chocolate. Mortet did a very gentle extraction here as the crop level was generous for the vintage.
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.
