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Domaine Denis Mortet Gevrey-Chambertin Mes Cinq Terroirs
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GEVREY CHAMBERTIN
My Five Terroirs - Mes Cinq Terroirs
• CLIMATE AND SOIL: as its name suggests, it is composed of five localities:
In Motrot: this climate is located between the church and the Château de Gevrey-Chambertin, in the wake of Clos Saint-Jacques and out of Combe Lavaux. The lands are stony, deep and compact.
At Vellé: located north of Château de Gevrey-Chambertin, this old vine rests on a gently sloping hillside facing east. Below, the land is deep with some pebbles and clays. Above, they are less rich and peppered with finer pebbles. Combe du Dessus is gently sloping, it is located at the end of the Combe Lavaux, in front of the climate In Motrot. There are deep soils with lots of small pebbles and sometimes rock benches. It is a very old vine that produces small clusters with high concentration.
In Fields: located on a gentle slope below
1er Cru The Champeaux and exposed to the rising sun, the two climates have a comparable profile. It is said that several soils are found in this climate: very stony, very stony soils at the top and thicker and deeper soils at the bottom. In Fields is typically Burgundian and gives grapes to small berries very qualitative.
In Derée: located at the foot of the hill of the locality En Champs, this very old vine producing millerandés grapes is planted on soils rich in clay with some rocky banks.
• TYPICITY: These five climates are located on the
north slope of Gevrey-Chambertin called Coteau de Brochon; thanks to the small concentrated berries produced in these old vines, one finds there all the richness and the fruitiness of a Gevrey-Chambertin, its velvety tannins, its nice freshness, and its length in mouth.
• AREA: 6 ha.
• AVERAGE AGE OF VINES:
70 years.
• AVERAGE PRODUCTION:
30,000 bottles.
• GRAPE: pinot noir.
• VITICULTURE: size in Guyot
simple, mechanical plowing, neither fertilizers nor chemical weed killers, organic amendments exclusively.
• VENDANGES: manual in small boxes.
• WINEMAKING
Severe sorting of the grapes, partly destemmed, alcoholic fermentation in native yeasts only, pumping and very moderate punching.
• Oak
18 months in oak barrels: 1/3 new wood, 1/3 wood of 1 wine, 1/3 wood of 2 wines.
• Cellar: 8-10 years
THIS ASSEMBLY CUVÉE IS PRODUCED SINCE 2013 VINTAGE;
BEFORE 2013 THESE FIVE PLACES WERE VINIFIED SEPARATELY.
My Five Terroirs - Mes Cinq Terroirs
• CLIMATE AND SOIL: as its name suggests, it is composed of five localities:
In Motrot: this climate is located between the church and the Château de Gevrey-Chambertin, in the wake of Clos Saint-Jacques and out of Combe Lavaux. The lands are stony, deep and compact.
At Vellé: located north of Château de Gevrey-Chambertin, this old vine rests on a gently sloping hillside facing east. Below, the land is deep with some pebbles and clays. Above, they are less rich and peppered with finer pebbles. Combe du Dessus is gently sloping, it is located at the end of the Combe Lavaux, in front of the climate In Motrot. There are deep soils with lots of small pebbles and sometimes rock benches. It is a very old vine that produces small clusters with high concentration.
In Fields: located on a gentle slope below
1er Cru The Champeaux and exposed to the rising sun, the two climates have a comparable profile. It is said that several soils are found in this climate: very stony, very stony soils at the top and thicker and deeper soils at the bottom. In Fields is typically Burgundian and gives grapes to small berries very qualitative.
In Derée: located at the foot of the hill of the locality En Champs, this very old vine producing millerandés grapes is planted on soils rich in clay with some rocky banks.
• TYPICITY: These five climates are located on the
north slope of Gevrey-Chambertin called Coteau de Brochon; thanks to the small concentrated berries produced in these old vines, one finds there all the richness and the fruitiness of a Gevrey-Chambertin, its velvety tannins, its nice freshness, and its length in mouth.
• AREA: 6 ha.
• AVERAGE AGE OF VINES:
70 years.
• AVERAGE PRODUCTION:
30,000 bottles.
• GRAPE: pinot noir.
• VITICULTURE: size in Guyot
simple, mechanical plowing, neither fertilizers nor chemical weed killers, organic amendments exclusively.
• VENDANGES: manual in small boxes.
• WINEMAKING
Severe sorting of the grapes, partly destemmed, alcoholic fermentation in native yeasts only, pumping and very moderate punching.
• Oak
18 months in oak barrels: 1/3 new wood, 1/3 wood of 1 wine, 1/3 wood of 2 wines.
• Cellar: 8-10 years
THIS ASSEMBLY CUVÉE IS PRODUCED SINCE 2013 VINTAGE;
BEFORE 2013 THESE FIVE PLACES WERE VINIFIED SEPARATELY.