2023 Domaine Denis Mortet Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaux Saint-Jacques 1er Cru
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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.
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Neal Martin
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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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.
About the producer
This estate, today with Arnaud Mortet at the helm, makes some of Gevrey-Chambertin’s finest wines. Working with 16 hectares, as well as a few négociant parcels, this property makes perfumed and chiselled Pinot Noir.