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Denis Mortet, Gevrey Chambertin 2010
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Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Medium red. Expressive perfume of small wild red berries, smoke and minerals. Silky on entry, then tight in the middle, with a youthfully medicinal quality to the flavors of cherry, berries and crushed stone. Really builds and broadens toward the back end, finishing chewy and sappy, with palate-saturating ripe tannins and an impression of salty minerality. Arnaud Mortet believes the 2010s here have more potential than the 2005s, as he is doing a softer extraction nowadays.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
(from Petite Chapelle, Cherbaudes, Belair and Chaponnets; 70% new oak, the lowest percentage to date for this cuvee): Bright red. Ripe aromas of red cherry, redcurrant, mocha, flowers and spicy oak, lifted by fresh minerality. Juicy, spicy and expressive, with terrific energy and lift to the flavors of raspberry, flowers and crushed stone. Strong but integrated acidity draws out the finish of this very young wine. Finishes long and savory, with a subtle sweetness. Should be superb with five years in the cellar.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2010 Gevrey-Chambertin is a very serious wine at this level. It boasts incredible finesse and sheer energy in a polished, pure expression of Gevrey. Ripe red berries, minerals and licorice are some of the notes that inform the wiry, intense finish. The average age of the vines is 40 years.
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.
