Winemaker Notes
A Côte de Nuits appellation harvested in the delimited areas of the village of Morey-Saint-Denis classified as "Grand Cru", the most distinguished of Burgundian appellations. Grand Cru wines come from the best plots in their particular commune and represent only 1% of Burgundy wines. The "Clos de la Roche" appellation extends over 41.7 acres.
Complex, with aromas of red and black fruits, and some pepper. Very well structured, powerful, with well present tannins that will soften with time.
Vinification in wooden vats followed by maturing in barrels for 12 months with 35% new oak.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This is broad and quite soft, with a dense, jammy red-fruit flavor. It has tannins that are buried in the rich fruit, giving shape to the wine. This is likely to mature soon.
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.”
The origin of perhaps the world’s very finest Pinot Noir, Côte de Nuits is the northern half of the Côte d'Or and includes the famous wine villages of Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-St-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Vosne-Romanée, Flagey-Echezeaux and Nuits-St-Georges.
Fine whites from Chardonnay are certainly found in the Côte de Nuits, but with much less frequency than top-performing reds made of Pinot noir. The little village of Nuits-St-Georges in its southern end gave the region its name: Côte de Nuits. The city of Dijon marks its northern border.