Domaine du Clos de Tart Morey-St-Denis Premier Cru La Forge de Tart 2019

  • 93 Decanter
  • 92 Robert
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Vintage
2019

Size
750ML

Features
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Winemaker Notes

Vines around 20 years old are separated from the older plants and the fruit from these is used to make another wine called La Forge de Tart, which is classified as a Morey-St-Denis Premier Cru. It is produced with exactly the same care and attention as the Clos de Tart yet can offer earlier drinking pleasure.

Professional Ratings

  • 93
    A portion of the harvest at Clos de Tart has traditionally been declassified as premier cru and given the proprietary name La Forge (after the original 12th century name for the site). These wines are tasted at the halfway point in their maturation, racked and blended, and then put back into cask to finish ageing. The 2019 La Forge is delicious, with ripe black fruit on the nose, a dense texture and a luxurious, silky finish.
  • 92
    Matured in 50% new oak, the 2019 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru La Forge de Tart unwinds to reveal aromas of raspberries, rose petals, plums and sweet spices. Medium to full-bodied, lively and elegant, it's pretty and perfumed, with melting tannins, succulent acids and a saline finish. This is the most youthfully harmonious Forge de Tart that I can remember tasting.
    Barrel Sample: 90-92

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Domaine du Clos de Tart

Domaine du Clos de Tart

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Domaine du Clos de Tart, France
With its 7.52 hectares, the Clos de Tart is the largest of the five Grands Crus Monopoles in Burgundy, the entirety of which has been in sole ownership throughout its history. Throughout the past nine centuries, the estate has only changed hands four times: from 1141 to the French Revolution Clos de Tart belonged to the Cistercian nunnery of Tart Abbey. It was then sold in 1791 to the Marey-Monge family who retained ownership until 1932 when the estate was bought at auction by the Mommessin family. Most recently, the Pinault family, via their holding company Artémis Domaines, purchased the Clos de Tart in 2018. Since 2015 the estate has been practicing organic viticulture and the 2018 vintage is the first certified organic vintage. 2016 also saw the introduction of biodynamic practices with certification following in 2019. The team ensures all efforts are made on a daily basis to showcase this jewel of vineyard, taking care to work with patience and respect year upon year. Keen to retain the uniqueness of its plant material and safeguard its genetic information for future generations, the estate replants using grafted vines from mass selections of their best-performing plants. Today they have a stock of 72 different vines in their own nursery in Morey-St-Denis.
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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.”

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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.

EIS791138_2019 Item# 791138

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