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Denis Mortet, Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru 2019
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Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru offers feisty red cherries, blackcurrant and orange rind scents on the nose, touches of tobacco/cigar box lurking in the background. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, maybe just a little rigid at first but it fleshes out and becomes more pliant towards the finish where I feel it is just looking for more precision.
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.
