2014 Fixin Vieilles Vignes
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(20% new oak): Healthy dark red. Dark berries and smoky minerality on the inviting nose. Tangy dark berry and saline flavors show a hint of rusticity, but harmonious acidity energizes and lifts the middle palate and extends the back end. Plenty ripe but with good verve, this wine finishes with dusty tannins and good length. This wine is made from two parcels, one planted on deep clay with rocks and the other on yellower, finer, chalkier soil where the millerandé grapes always get riper, according to Mortet.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
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The 2014 Fixin Vieilles Vignes is a blend of two vineyards at the north and south of the appellation: brawny and elegant expressions of Pinot Noir respectively. The vines here are between 60- and 70-years-old and this vintage is matured in 20% new oak. The nose is lively with blood orange infusing the brambly red fruit, quite feisty with a touch of peppermint. The palate is succulent on the entry -- tart red cherries with tangy marmalade, attenuating slightly towards the finish that curtails the persistence. Otherwise this is very fine.
About the producer
This estate, today with Arnaud Mortet at the helm, makes some of Gevrey-Chambertin’s finest wines. Working with 16 hectares, as well as a few négociant parcels, this property makes perfumed and chiselled Pinot Noir.