Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2022 Morey Saint-Denis En la Rue Vergy has a generous bouquet with black plum and iodine scents, finely delineated. The palate is medium-bodied with impressive purity of fruit, fine tannins and a sapid finish beckoning you back for more. What a delicious Morey this is going to be.
Barrel Sample: 91-93 -
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2022 Morey-Saint-Denis En la Rue de Vergy has turned out very well indeed, mingling notes of cassis, sweet cherries and vine smoke with hints of peony and spice in an inviting bouquet. Medium to full-bodied, lively and unusually concentrated, with excellent depth and cut, it's worth seeking out.
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.