Arnaud Mortet
Ma Cuvée Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir
Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
2022-3 winter. The previous bottle of this I had felt like the most overripe and in-Burgundy-like 2018 I’d tried, and by some margin. I figured some time might help, but have a growing suspicion that my cellar is too cold to really mature wines without multiple decades of wait. So…experiment time. I stored this for a couple of years in the basement but outside the cellar. It’s not a textbook environment, at least for the summer months. Lo and behold, this had loosened up a fair bit, with more expressiveness on the nose too. It was still riper and heavier than it needed to be but was good. Would it have been better with 30 years at 14 degrees? Perhaps, but it’s a near-academic question for me given the prices of burgundy these days.
2022-3 winter. The previous bottle of this I had felt like the most overripe and in-Burgundy-like 2018 I’d tried, and by some margin. I figured some time might help, but have a growing suspicion that my cellar is too cold to really mature wines without multiple decades of wait. So…experiment time. I stored this for a couple of years in the basement but outside the cellar. It’s not a textbook environment, at least for the summer months. Lo and behold, this had loosened up a fair bit, with more expressiveness on the nose too. It was still riper and heavier than it needed to be but was good. Would it have been better with 30 years at 14 degrees? Perhaps, but it’s a near-academic question for me given the prices of burgundy these days.
Mar 25th, 2023
Excellent deep burgundy, medium bodied, one of the best Pinots paired well with steak.
Excellent deep burgundy, medium bodied, one of the best Pinots paired well with steak.
Dec 28th, 20212020 fall. I was really looking forward to this based on things I’d read. There’s a ton of stuffing here, but it’s rather dense and compacted at this point - impenetrable black and blue berries, quite ripe and rich. The nose doesn’t really have that Burgundian lift at this point - I wouldn’t have been able to guess what it is at all. I’ll leave my other bottle for a bit and see what happens...
2020 fall. I was really looking forward to this based on things I’d read. There’s a ton of stuffing here, but it’s rather dense and compacted at this point - impenetrable black and blue berries, quite ripe and rich. The nose doesn’t really have that Burgundian lift at this point - I wouldn’t have been able to guess what it is at all. I’ll leave my other bottle for a bit and see what happens...
Dec 23rd, 2020
