2016 Domaine Denis Mortet Chambolle-Musigny Aux Beaux Bruns 1er Cru
Market price
Buying options
Tasting notes
(there's just a single new barrel of this juice, from a yield of ten hectoliters per hectare): Bright, dark red but not ruby like the Mes Cinq Terroirs. A bit less primary on the nose, combining dark red fruits and soil-driven saline minerality. Sweet on entry, then concentrated and chewy in the mid-palate, conveying an impression of quick-ripening grapes. Displays less energy than Mortet's village wines from Gevrey-Chambertin but there's no denying the richness of this wine. The substantial ripe tannins currently cut off the fruit and give the finish a slight dry edge. A bit extreme for my taste.
Critic scores
Neal Martin
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
More reviews and scores
The 2016 Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Aux Beaux Bruns was reduced to one barrel (new) due to frost and included 50% whole bunch. It has a fresh and vibrant bouquet, very well defined and pure with black cherrie and bilberry fruit, focused and harmonious. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, crisp and focused, lithe in the mouth with a silky smooth finish. This is a fine, probably early drinking Chambolle-Musigny vis-a-vis Arnaud's other wines that will require bottle age.
The 2016 Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Aux Beaux Bruns was reduced to one barrel (new) due to frost and included 50% whole bunch. It has a fresh and vibrant bouquet, very well defined and pure with black cherrie and bilberry fruit, focused and harmonious. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, crisp and focused, lithe in the mouth with a silky smooth finish. This is a fine, probably early drinking Chambolle-Musigny vis-a-vis Arnaud's other wines that will require bottle age. Dec 2017, www.robertparker.com
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.