2017 Gevrey-Chambertin, Lavaux St-Jacques, 1er Cru, Domaine Denis Mortet,Burgundy white ripest fruit possible

ripest fruit possible

touch of bitter black chocolate on the finish

the brilliance of the 1990

yet endowed with thrilling focus

but there is excellent vinosity as well as a chiselled precision

2017 Gevrey-Chambertin, Lavaux St-Jacques, 1er Cru, Domaine Denis Mortet,Burgundy white ripest fruit possibleFrom five plots around the vineyard, this is a wine for which Arnaud never includes any whole bunches, feeling the floral profile of the vineyard does not need further embellishment. The wine has the perfect balance of ripe, sunny fruit, gorgeous silken tannins and vibrant acidity. The 70 percent new oak is so wellintegrated that it is unnoticeable. Self assured Arnaud Mortet is rightly proud of his capacious, extended cellars on the edge of Gevrey,