MOREY SAINT DENIS
2019 Domaine Christian Clerget
| Grapes | Pinot Noir |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| Other | Practising Organic |
| District | Côte d'Or |
| Sub-district | Côte de Nuits |
| Village | Morey Saint Denis |
| ABV | 13.5% |
40-45 year-old vines in 'les Crais', next to the white. There is some very white soil and some that's redder in the same parcel, this is from the redder part. A really good village wine, sappy and bright and there's salinity, with the fruit carried nicely on the finish. Drinking range: 2025 - 2037 L&S (Oct 2020)
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The 2019 Morey Saint-Denis Village has a tad more complexity and nuance than the Chambolle-Musigny, detailed and precise with dark berry fruit, cold black tea (Earl Grey?) mixed with light earth scents. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, fine delineation and vigour. It is a little tight but that’s a positive trait at this early stage and it displays plenty of energy on the finish. Good potential. Drinking range: 2023 - 2035 Rating: 89-91 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Jan 2021)
Stylish fresh purple, the first nose feels more like a Chambolle. Succulent ripe deep red fruit, then a fresher crunch behind, savoury with a clean limestone feel. Tasted: November 2020 3/5 stars Rating: 88-91 Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy (Jan 2021)
Cask sample. Light crimson colour. Rather bruised fruit – rhubarb? – impression. Sour finish. But there is true fruit here with a dry finish. Appetising. Fresh even if not lavish. Drinking range: 2024 - 2033 Rating: 16+ Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2021)
Domaine Christian Clerget
A domaine of 6 hectares, with 8 appellations, run by Christian, Isabelle and their daughter Justine Clerget from their house in the northern end of the little village of Vougeot, which is really in the commune of Chambolle. They have been organic (certified) since 2017, Justine having insisted on it when she joined them, but it sounds as though she was pushing at an open door, because Christian is entirely committed to this approach and clearly believes that good wine starts with the vines.
At harvest the grapes are picked into small cases for the short trip to the winery which really is right in the middle of their holdings. They adapt to the vintage conditions, so that they did 2 pigeages in total in 2019, whereas in 2017, they did one a day throughout the fermentation. In 2018 they did some whole bunch fermentation, but reverted to their normal complete destemming in 2019. At the end of the alcoholic fermentation Christian decants into tank, allows the wine to settle for ten days, then puts the wines into barrel where they stay without racking until bottling. They are using about 30% new wood on the villages and 40% on the Chambolle Charmes and the Échézeaux, and the wines say in barrel for a long élevage of 18-20 months.
Bourgogne Rouge .69ha
Morey Saint Denis Blanc 'les Crais'
Morey Saint Denis 0.20 ha
Chambolle Musigny 2 ha (in Les Athets, Les Babillères, Les Herbues, Les Nazoires, Les Bussières, Les Croix, Les Condemennes)
Vosne Romanée les Violettes 0.37 ha
Vougeot 1er Cru les Petits Vougeots 0.46 ha
Chambolle Musigny 1er cru les Charmes 1.01 ha
Échézeaux Grand Cru 1.09 ha (in 'en Orveaux')
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