2016 Morey St Denis Trilogie
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The 2016 Morey-Saint-Denis "Trilogie" has a refined bouquet that gains intensity with aeration: raspberry and crushed strawberry, rose petal and light orange blossom aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit, gentle grip, and quite saline in the mouth. A firm, slightly austere, tobacco-tinged finish just needs a two or three years to soften. Tasted at the Domaine.
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Neal Martin
Jancis Robinson MW
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(from millerandé vines in Les Chenevery, Clos Solon and Les Porroux, all between 60 and 80 years of age and all just below premier crus; 33% vendange entier ): Bright medium red. Deeper and more reticent on the nose than the Très Girard, offering dark cherry and underbrush notes. Then richer and saltier in the mouth, with its dark fruit flavors complicated by brown spices and saline minerality. Classically dry, solidly built village wine with noteworthy intensity and a rather silky, thick texture. Finishes firm, with substantial dusty tannins.
The 2016 Morey Saint Denis Trilogie comes from three parcels that conjoin premier crus and was cropped at 25 hectoliters per hectare from Chenevery, Clos Solon and Les Porroux. Blended with one-third whole bunch fruit, it offers intense blackberry, briary and light tobacco scents that blossom in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, pure and sorbet-fresh black fruit, a gentle grip in the mouth with superb tension on the crystalline finish. Superb, an outstanding Morey-Saint-Denis for its class.
33% whole bunch. Name given in 2014. Three old parcels: Les Chenevery, Clos Solon, Les Porroux, which all touch premiers crus. Dark crimson. Quite intense nose of purple fruits with fairly marked acidity. Good energy and pleasing wine for relatively early consumption. (JR)