Denis Mortet Gevrey Chambertin Lavaux St Jacques 1er Cru 2017 750ml

Burghound.com, Jan 10, 2019
Firm reduction dominates the fruit today. Otherwise, and as is usually the case, this is easily the biggest and most powerful wine in the range among the Mortet 1ers with its overtly muscular big-bodied flavors that exude a subtle minerality on the textured, youthfully austere and very firmly structured finish. This is certainly impressive and especially so for the vintage though I find it somewhat more rustic than usual.

Denis Mortet took every measure to produce the finest, ripest fruit possible, creating a style of wine which in Denis' words was "a pleasure to drink young or old". This is a man for whom young vines are 25-years-old and who cultivated his village wines just as if they were a Grand Cru; thus all his reds saw 100% new oak (François Frères oak at that), which they carried very well, although in some years the wines were highly oak-driven. Denis Mortet's immaculate vineyards were the key and his energy in leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of excellence completed the picture. His 10 hectares encompass 14 different appellations and is a far cry from the days of his father, Charles , who started off with only one hectare. Denis Mortet continued to expand his holdings before his untimely passing, and his two grands crus, Clos-de-Vougeot and Chambertin, are both on a lease.
Sadly, Denis Mortet committed suicide in early 2006. His last vintage was 2005.

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