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Saturday, January 9, 2021 - Medium pale yellow straw colour. Upon opening, timid nose mostly of almonds and a touch of bacon fat. On the palate, the attack is frank and lively, with a nice very tasty white (pear) and citrus fruit in addition to the almonds and bacon fat. On the final, there is a bit of ripe "apples from the cellar" aroma that leads for a rather good length. The transition from fresh pear to ripe cellared apple on the length is pleasant. With extra time and air, more notes of nuts and minerals and it tightens somewhat and becomes more sinewy. My first Chenevottes. With the Morgeot, my favourite 1er cru from Thomas Morey. Very pleasant. 90-91.

I don't agree with the previous taster regarding premox. In this bottle, there was no sign of this. There were both reductive and oxidative notes, a bit in the style of Thomas Pico wines, but less obvious than in TP wines. I would say this is ready to go, but not sure it will gain much with extra age. If I had more, I'd enjoy them over the next two to three years or so.

Having tasted so far four of Thomas Morey 1er cru Chassagnes of 2014, in order of preference, it is probably the Chenevottes tied with the Morgeot, followed by the St-Jean and finally the Baudines. They were all good and dissimilar (which is good - likely representative of their terroir), but I still feel that compared to the Marc Colin Encégnières 2014 (which is not a 1er cru) which is at least as good and less expensive, I find it hard to recommend the Morey wines which are sold more expensively (10-12 chf more) - in my opinion more related to the 1er cru mention. That being said, they are good, and as the Marc Colin Encégnière no longer exists (and its replacement is less interesting so far), these retain some interest. Looking forward to tasting the Vides-Bourses (but of a different vintage) in a few years.

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