2000 Domaine Frédéric Magnien Morey-Saint-Denis Les Ruchots 1er Cru

Loads of blackberries, blueberries, and cherries make up the aromatic profile of the 2000 Morey-St.-Denis Les Ruchots. Medium-bodied, powerful, and deep, it reveals outstanding depth to its inky, tarry, black fruit-filled character. Projected maturity: 2004-2009. A young, dynamic, hard-working man, Magnien feels 2001 “is what we in Burgundy like to call a classic vintage, whatever that means, it certainly did not reach the physiological maturity levels of 1997, 1999, or 2000.” He added that it was a year of “good surprises, given the weather. With intelligent green harvesting to correct the maturation spread due to the extremely long flowering, it was possible to have very nice fruit. The great surprise came after the malo-lactic fermentations, when the wines put on lots of fat. Yields were the same as 2000. There were 13 new moons in both years. The old-timers say that 13 moon vintages always produce betteraves (literally beets, in Burgundian slang it means huge fruit clusters), and they’ve been proven right once again.” Importer: David Hinkle / Peter Vezan, North Berkeley Imports, Berkeley, CA; tel. (800) 266-6585