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Domaine Denis Mortet Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St-Jacques 2023 (1500ml)

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Domaine Denis Mortet Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St-Jacques 2023 (1500ml)
Producer Domaine Denis Mortet
Region, Country Gevrey-Chambertin, France
Bottle Size 1.5L
Product Code 26168-1500

Very limited. Blended from five parcels across 1.2 hectares of this vineyard, this wine is certainly the benchmark Lavaux St-Jacques. It’s also the signature cuvée of the Mortet estate. Lavaux is always the last site to be harvested due to its cool location. Even if it sits right next door to Clos St-Jacques, it does not have the protection of the high walls, and so finds itself open to the cool, northern airstreams that flow down from the valley above (Combe de Lavaux).

Vinified with one third whole bunch. This is an incredible example of this terroir (even by Mortet’s high standards) and a wine that will live for decades.

Domaine Denis Mortet Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St-Jacques 2023 (1500ml)

Reviews

“The 2023 Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaux Saint-Jacques 1er Cru is vinified with 40% whole bunch, including the central stem, as the acidity is already naturally higher. This has a classically styled bouquet, cool and refined with slightly darker fruit…you would never guess this was picked on September 20. The palate is medium-bodied and fresh with crunchy red fruit and fine tannins, quite peppery toward the linear finish. There is a strictness about this Lavaux Saint-Jacques with a very saline finish. It will fill out during the second year in barrel. Excellent.”
93-95 points, Neal Martin Vinous
“The 2023 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint-Jacques unwinds in the glass to reveal notes of dark berries, cassis and spices, followed by a medium-bodied, supple and succulent palate. This was rendered just a touch less scrutable by light reduction, so it wouldn't surprise me to find it more fleshy and flamboyant in bottle.”
90-93 points, William Kelley, The Wine Advocate

Reviews

“The 2023 Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaux Saint-Jacques 1er Cru is vinified with 40% whole bunch, including the central stem, as the acidity is already naturally higher. This has a classically styled bouquet, cool and refined with slightly darker fruit…you would never guess this was picked on September 20. The palate is medium-bodied and fresh with crunchy red fruit and fine tannins, quite peppery toward the linear finish. There is a strictness about this Lavaux Saint-Jacques with a very saline finish. It will fill out during the second year in barrel. Excellent.”
93-95 points, Neal Martin Vinous
“The 2023 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint-Jacques unwinds in the glass to reveal notes of dark berries, cassis and spices, followed by a medium-bodied, supple and succulent palate. This was rendered just a touch less scrutable by light reduction, so it wouldn't surprise me to find it more fleshy and flamboyant in bottle.”
90-93 points, William Kelley, The Wine Advocate

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