MOREY SAINT DENIS
2024 Vieilles Vignes Domaine Stéphane Magnien
| Grapes | Pinot Noir |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| Other | Certified Organic |
| District | Côte d'Or |
| Sub-district | Côte de Nuits |
| Village | Morey Saint Denis |
| ABV | 13% |
More clay here. More in line with the Pur Pinot in feel and profile - but there is much more to get your teeth into here. 10% 'newish' wood.(1 year old in fact.) Stephane does not think this vintage needed any new wood - because of such small quantities and not deeply rich fruit. He says the one year old barrel adds enough to cover the needs of the wine. There is a shade more tannin here than the Grains Fins - still gentle really. He stopped the pigeage earlier here than normal. Tasting until he found the balance he was after. Interestingly Stephane has noted that with this wine the tannins come out after the wines settle - so you must go for slightly less tannic feel early on and this will redress itself after the wines settle clarifies. Looking forward to seeing this in bottle. Drinking range: 2028 - 2033 L&S (Nov 2025)
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Two parcels more than 55 years old and predominantly clay. Bottled in December after barrel ageing (10–15% new oak). Fresher (fresher-smelling sample, perhaps) and deeper than the Grains Fins. A little more savoury and the tannins are firmer. Harmonious and the tannins may be firm but they are smoothed. Decent length. Drinking range: 2028 - 2034 Rating: 16.5 Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2026)
Two plots, 55-year-old vines, on either side of the main road. Vivid purple. Plenty of generosity here, with a ripe raspberry on the nose and a wave of bright yet generous fruit across the palate. Some crunch at the finish. I did not pick up any stem effect in this cuvée. Drinking range: 2029 - 2034 Rating: 90-92 Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy (Nov 2025)
Domaine Stéphane Magnien
Stéphane's is a small domaine, a mere 4.5 hectares, with one full hectare of that in regional wine - Passetoutgrains and Bourgogne - but it is blessed with two Grands Crus and also a long history of not messing with nature. No pesticides have ever been used on this land, and the plants are nearly all the old 'Pinot tordu' - twisted Pinot with its gnarly stems which are less vigorous than the modern clones and said by many to make wines with more finesse.
Stéphane chaptalizes only to extend fermentations - these are wines which his father Jean-Paul used to describe as 'sage en alcool' - from 12 to 13% - the old vines do not make much alcohol. Wood use is also discreet, even though Stéphane has increased the proportion, he does not exceed 50% new wood on the Grands Crus, 25% on the Premiers Crus and on the village appellations, 15% new wood for one year only, then all into older barrels.
Stéphane says that he aims to make wines with more richness than his father's, 'but not black angular wines which have less relief. Wines which leave your mouth clean and clear, refreshed and revived and, above all, wanting another glass'. He destems 100%, gives the grapes a six-day maceration, then a classical fermentation with just two pigeages, and a little remontage (pumping over) at the end.
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