Domain Arnaud Mortet Mazoyeres Chambertin 2018 Magnum
The 2018 Domaine Arnaud Mortet Mazoyères-Chambertin is a red Burgundy wine from the Mazoyères-Chambertin grand cru in Gevrey-Chambertin. Made from 100% Pinot Noir, it comes from the Mazoyères-Chambertin parcel. The Wine Advocate awards it 91-93/100, describing a medium to full-bodied, concentrated wine with a refined structure, featuring notes of wild berries, cassis, embers, and candied peel.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Magnum (150cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Gevrey Chambertin
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Arnaud Mortet
- Parcelle / Cru
- Mazoyères-Chambertin
- Millésime
- 2018
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Arnaud Mortet
Arnaud Mortet is a wine-trading and winemaking business based in Gevrey-Chambertin, in the Côte de Nuits. Launched with the 2016 vintage, it is based on the cultivation of approximately 4 hectares of vineyards located in Gevrey-Chambertin, including plots classified as Premier Cru and Grand Cru. Arnaud Mortet personally oversees the vineyard work and winemaking at the Domaine Denis Mortet facilities.
- Owner
- Arnaud Mortet
- Maître de chais
- Arnaud Mortet
- Surface (ha)
- 4.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The Arnaud Mortet label was launched with the 2016 vintage, building on the family business run at Domaine Denis Mortet in Gevrey-Chambertin. Arnaud Mortet joined his father Denis at the estate in 2000, following stints in Australia and the United States. Upon Denis Mortet’s death in 2006, Arnaud took over the running of the family estate with the support of his mother, Laurence. His sister Clémence then joined the family business in 2013. In 2016, a retiring winegrower from Gevrey-Chambertin entrusted the management of around 4 hectares of vineyards to Arnaud and Clémence Mortet. These vineyards include areas of Gevrey-Chambertin village, the premiers crus Lavaux-Saint-Jacques and La Perrière, as well as plots in Charmes-Chambertin and Mazoyères-Chambertin. The wines produced from these grapes are marketed under the name Arnaud Mortet. The sources consulted describe this as a wine merchant’s operation, as the grapes are purchased from the vineyard owner, whilst noting that Arnaud Mortet manages the cultivation, chooses the harvest date and oversees the winemaking in the same cellar as the family estate.
Mazoyères-Chambertin
Mazoyères-Chambertin is a red Grand Cru appellation of Gevrey-Chambertin corresponding to a physically demarcated terroir on the foothills of the Côte de Nuits. Its area covers plots located in the lieux-dits "Aux Charmes" and "Mazoyères" and coincides with that of Charmes-Chambertin, a name usually claimed. The vineyard occupies a slight plateau between 260 and 280 meters, exposed to the rising sun and characterized by gentle slopes. The soils, shallow and well-draining, rest on a complex geology combining Bajocian limestones, tertiary formations, and calcareous clay-gravel materials.
- Vineyard commune
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The place name "Mazoyères" recalls an old group of houses that has long since disappeared.
- Exposure
- East; Aux Charmes E-NE, Mazoyères slightly further south
- Altitude
- 260–280 m
- Slope
- Gentle slopes, on a slight foothill plateau
- Soil
- Slightly developed soils, generally carbonated, shallow and well-draining, rich in clay and red silts; locally deeper gravelly debris.
- Subsoil and geology
- To the west, hard Bajocian limestones; to the east, deep tertiary formations covered with calcareous clay-gravel materials from the alluvial fan of Combe Grisard.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.400000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 2016
- Vineyard holding status
- Negoce activity legally, with a plot directly cultivated by Arnaud Mortet
- Indicative vine age
- Vines averaging 55 years old according to a professional presentation by the producer.
Histoire de la parcelle
The reputation of the climats "Aux Charmes" and "Mazoyères", neighbors of Chambertin, is attested as early as the 18th century. Jules Lavalle classified them in 1855, partly as first cuvée and partly as second cuvée. A judgment by the tribunal of Dijon in 1931 recognized the appellation of origin for wines from Mazoyères, set their boundaries, and authorized the addition of the name "Chambertin". The AOC Mazoyères-Chambertin was officially recognized by the decree of July 31, 1937.
