Domaine Mommessin Clos de Tart Grand Cru 2005 Bouteille (75cl) ELA
Domaine Mommessin Clos de Tart Grand Cru 2005 is a red wine from Morey-Saint-Denis in Burgundy, produced by Domaine Mommessin. Hailing from the Clos-de-Tart parcel and classified as a Burgundy Grand Cru, it is composed of 100% Pinot Noir. Jancis Robinson awards it 18/20 and recommends drinking it between 2014 and 2028. The critic describes a deep, dense wine with an assertive bouquet, driven by great intensity and a powerful structure.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Slightly Damaged
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Morey Saint Denis
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Mommessin
- Parcelle / Cru
- Clos-de-Tart
- Millésime
- 2005
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine Mommessin
Founded in 1865, Mommessin is a wine merchant now based in Quincié-en-Beaujolais, at the foot of Mont Brouilly. It produces mainly Beaujolais wines, particularly from Gamay, drawing on a selection of plots and partnerships with winegrowers. The brand belongs to the Boisset – La Famille des Grands Vins group, and its winemaking is overseen by Florent Georger.
- Owner
- Boisset - La Famille des Grands Vins
- Maître de chais
- Florent Georger
Histoire du domaine
Jean-Marie Mommessin founded the house in 1865 at La Grange Saint-Pierre, a former outbuilding of Cluny Abbey situated in southern Burgundy. The key to this barn became the house’s emblem. Mommessin subsequently developed a business trading in and exporting wines from Burgundy and the Beaujolais region. In 1932, the Mommessin family acquired the Clos de Tart, a grand cru monopole in Morey-Saint-Denis. After more than a century in the Mâconnais region, the company’s headquarters were moved to Quincié-en-Beaujolais. The company now focuses on Beaujolais wines, whilst retaining a nod to its Burgundian heritage in its winemaking and ageing methods. It works with selected plots and partner winegrowers, rather than relying solely on production from a single, identified vineyard. The Clos de Tart, which had belonged to the Mommessin family since 1932, was sold to Artémis in 2017. Mommessin is now part of the Boisset – La Famille des Grands Vins portfolio. Florent Georger, described by the estate as its ‘winemaker’, is involved from the vineyard to the cellar and is directly responsible for the winemaking process.
Clos-de-Tart
Clos de Tart is both a Grand Cru appellation and a physically demarcated climat in Morey-Saint-Denis, entirely enclosed by walls and farmed as a monopole. Its area forms an almost perfect rectangle on the mid-slope, with an eastern exposure, more precisely east-southeast according to the estate. The clay-limestone, carbonated, and well-draining soils overlie a complex succession of Jurassic limestones and marls. The rows are historically oriented north-south, perpendicular to the slope line.
- Vineyard commune
- Morey-Saint-Denis
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The vineyard owes its name to the Abbey of Tart, a Cistercian abbey that acquired it in 1141; "Clos" designates its stone enclosure wall.
- Exposure
- East-southeast
- Altitude
- 269–302 m
- Slope
- Pronounced slope, gentler in the lower section
- Soil
- Shallow, carbonated, well-draining clay-limestone soils with scree, clays, and red silts.
- Subsoil and geology
- Middle Jurassic marly-limestone substrate: Bajocian crinoidal limestones at the bottom, an intermediate marly level, and hard yet frost-sensitive Bathonian limestone at the top.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 1932
- Vineyard holding status
- Former sole owner from 1932 to 2018; sold to Artémis Domaines
- Indicative vine age
- Around 60 years old on average, with some vines reaching a century, according to a Mommessin Clos de Tart 2009 technical sheet.
Histoire de la parcelle
Initially called Climat de la Forge, the vineyard was acquired in 1141 by the Cistercian nuns of the Abbey of Tart, who kept it until the French Revolution. Sold as national property in 1791, it subsequently belonged to the Marey-Monge family, before being purchased by Henri Mommessin in 1932. The AOC Clos de Tart was officially recognized on January 4, 1939. The clos, which has remained undivided throughout its history, was acquired in 2018 by the Pinault family and integrated into Artémis Domaines.
