Domaine Perrot-Minot Morey-St-Denis La Riotte Premier Cru (1.5 Liter Magnum) 2014
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This vineyard is located on stony and marly soil favoring deep rooting. This soil gives elegant, straight and spicy wines.
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Offering a mix of ripe cherry, plum and oak spice flavors, this red is smooth, yet backed by a thick layer of dusty tannins. Stays fresh and focused, but needs time to absorb the tannins and allow the fruit to shine. Combines elegance and power. Best from 2022 through 2045.
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Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, Perrot-Minot's 2014 Morey Saint Denis 1er Cru les Riottes offers plenty of ripe strawberry and raspberry preserves aromas despite just a touch of reduction, although this ebbed away with a bit of swirling. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit, a fine line of acidity, gently grippy in the mouth with a rather aloof but attractive finish. Give this a couple of years in bottle and a decent decanting to get the most from this Morey-Saint-Denis because there is plenty of potential. Tasted September 2017.
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It wasn't until the 1960's that the estate would become known as Perrot-Minot. The family members running the estate at that time decided to adhere to the tradition of quality and innovation which had already prevailed with the two previous generations. Christophe Perrot-Minot became manager in 1993. His previous experience as a wine broker for seven years had brought him a deep and broad knowledge of the winegrower's trade. He also brought convictions about what constitutes a great wine and how to produce it. Convictions that he was to put into practice by adhering, like the three generations who preceded him, to that grand tradition of putting excellence and innovation at the very heart of work. Rethinking, modernizing the estate, and perfecting ever further the quality of the wines, while preparing the continuation of a story which now goes back nearly two centuries.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
While Morey-St-Denis of Burgundy might not get the same attention as its neighbors, Gevrey-Chambertin to the north and Chambolle-Musigny to the south, there is no reason why it shouldn’t. The same line of limestone runs from the Combe de Lavaux in Gevrey—all the way through Morey—ending in Chambolle.
There are four grand cru vineyards, moving southwards from the border with Gevrey-Chambertin: Clos de la Roche, Clos St-Denis, Clos des Lambrays, Clos de Tart and a small segment of Bonnes-Mares overlapping from Chambolle. Clos de la Roche is probably the finest vineyard, giving wines of true depth, body, and sturdiness for the long haul than most other vineyards.
Pinot Noir from Morey-St-Denis is known for its deep red cherry, blackcurrant and blueberry fruit. Aromas of spice, licorice and purple flowers are present in the wines’ youth, evolving to forest and game as the wine ages.