Winemaker Notes
The plot is situated in south of "Le Clos de Tart" and "Bonnes-Mares". The soil is calcareous with white marl and iron oxide in the upper part, the subsoil is composed of flat rock with crevices.
This wine will match perfectly with game or a lamb.
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Wine & Spirits
Magnien's Ruchots often performs at the level of a grand cru?and it achieves that depth and complexity without aging in new oak. The vines he works with are at the top of the vineyard, where it borders Clos de Tart and Bonnes-Mares. He allows the fruit to ferment spontaneously, with some stems, in stainless steel, then ages half of the lot in amphora and the other half in older French oak. There's a wildness to this wine, there in the scents of fraises de bois and fruity woodland mushrooms, lasting in the sting of acidity. It's great Burgundy imagined as it once was, and even as it's completely present in the contemporary climate.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2019 Frédéric Magnien Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru Ruchots offers Burgundy excellence from start to finish. TASTING NOTES: This wine excels with aromas and flavors of bright red and black fruits. Enjoy its long and excellent purity with garlic and rosemary-infused roast leg of lamb. (Tasted: September 15, 2021, San Francisco, CA)
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.