2018 Morey St Denis Monts Luisants Blanc

The 2018 Morey-Saint-Denis Monts Luisants Blanc 1er Cru has a much fresher and more animated bouquet compared to the Village Blanc, featuring pressed white flowers and light jasmine aromas. The fresh palate offers lime and pear, the acidity much better and sharper than the Village Cru thanks to its limestone rather than clayey soils. Drink over the next four to six years.

Aromas of citrus oil, white flowers, green apple and pastry cream preface the 2018 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Monts Luisants Blanc, a medium to full-bodied, chalky and incisive wine that's racy and tensile. With a finished pH of less than 3.0, this certainly challenges preconceptions about the 2018 vintage.

Above Clos de la Roche. East-facing and steep so heats up early in the day but goes into the shadow of the trees in the afternoon so you get ripeness but very high acid (very low pH). Tank sample. Quiet on the nose. A little bit spicy. Powerful in the mouth, very crisp and direct. Lean but in a good way. Intense, so dry and mineral on the finish. Long and stony on the finish. (JH)