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  • Country ranking ?

    912
  • Producer ranking ?

    16
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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The Story

Of all the villages of the Côte de Nuits, Morey-Saint-Denis is one of the most fruitful in terms of the number of its Grands Crus. The Clos de Tart, which remains a solely-held entity, was founded by the Cistercians of Tart in 1141. Since that date, it has been owned by only three families. The Clos Saint-Denis came on the scene in the 11th century, thanks to the fortress of Vergy. The Clos de la Roche and Clos des Lambrays are both semi-monop...

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Vintage 2012

2012 was beset by unusual weather that didn’t spare the vines! A mild winter, spring-like March, cool spring with frosts, summer-like May, cooler, wetter June, a variable summer with heatwaves, hail and storms… Because of the cold damp spring, some of the vine flowers didn’t set and form fruit, there was millerandage (where the flowers aren’t fully fertilised and give small berries) and high pressure from mildew and odium. Temperatures went ri...

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Fine spicy framing to the nose which shows red cherries and plums. Structured palate is a bit chalky with firmness and some grip. Quite savoury and taut but not lacking finesse. An angular, structured wine. – Jamie Goode 93p (Oct 2015)

  • 93p

Ah Clos de Tart. For so long an enigma, but now more like a unicorn wine…

I’ve been lucky to try a few vintages of this unique Grand Cru Monopole and this 2012 surely rates as one of the absolute best.

What makes this particular wine – and many of the recent vintages – so very good is the polish and perfection. There’s not a single hair out of place, the meticulousness reflected in every way. You get the impression that the vineyard is perfectly manicured and the sorting table staffed constantly – It’s quite new-world in its spotless health.

I actually tasted this amongst a mixed bag of other 2012 Burgundy and it looked quite different – more purple coloured, for a start. The nose is noticeably whole bunchy, with spicy, raspberry and white pepper, if a bit closed. It’s the palate where the magic happens though, with an unmatched velvety flow of red plum fruit and ultra fine fine tannins. It feels sorted, perfect and well, perfectly delicious.

At first I thought this was too perfect actually. Too clean. But the closer you look, the longer it lingers, the more you can’t help but marvel at this.

It’s still too youthful to be at its peak, but this is legendary wine.

Stunning. The score may even end up higher.

  • 96p
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Macon, Burgundy
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