1993 Domaine Denis Mortet Gevrey-Chambertin Au Vellé

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 94 points

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  9/20/2019 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A spot on 93 Mortet. Wild berries, mineral, clay, and herbs on the nose. Palate was not only fresh and vibrant but dense which is what 93 Mortet village is capable of when it is in form. Classic gevrey in Denis Mortet's style yet it seems like it is still a few years away from exploding all the underlying flavours. 93-94

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  1/28/2019 - Burgnick wrote:

  The bottle should have been much fresher. I believe the condition was not perfect. Funk, earth and plums on the nose. Palate showed secondary note and plum fruit but the acidity was fresh. A perfect bottle should have been amazing.

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  3/25/2014 - cfk49 wrote: 95 Points

  From the right addresses, 1993 is unparalleled in modern times, and for Denis Mortet, it may have been the greatest vintage he ever produced. I recall finding myself next to Denis at the Castel Très Girard in Morey-St-Denis in the early 2000s; he was with a customer and serving some of his 1993s and was amazed at how well they were showing and holding -- this was a fortunate event, for it helped to convince Denis to move away from the extracted style that had dominated his wines in the late 1990s.
  
  This wine is from old vines just below the premier crus Champeaux and Cazetiers (Petits Cazetiers) and just outside Mortet's cave. I seem to be catching this wine on the right night -- it is a perfect Burgundy with some age on it with musky aromas and flavors but still red fruits and the pinpoint precision and clarity of the 1993 vintage. It was my privilege to have Rousseau's 1996 Chambertin and Chambertin-Clos-de-Bèze at dinner two nights ago, and while those wines will continue to develop to even more greatness, at this moment in time, I cannot say that they are much better than this wine. Oh, how I wish I had a case of this wine in my cellar instead of just this singleton!

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