Please see background on the harvest at Mortet here.
These are wines that Arnaud Mortet makes from vineyards that he farms. In some cases, they are the same appellations as Domaine Denis Mortet’s wines, but different plots within the appellations that he does not own.
2018 Gevrey-Chambertin
Dark, wild fruits, purity, some oak, precision, freshness. From the southern part of the appellation. (91-93)
2018 Gevrey-Chambertin vieilles vignes
Intense dark fruit aromas. Mouth has dense dark fruits, a harder fruit than the previous wine, also with some licorice and fennel. Concentrated, long. About 35-40% new oak here, 25 hl/ha yield, vines range from 70 to 120 years-old. (92-94)
2018 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru La Perrière
Dark cherry fruit, minerality, not as energetic or nervous as the Denis Mortet Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru, but has substance and presence. Arnaud says that this was among the ripest of his 2018s at 13.9º alcohol and he would have liked to have picked the grapes here earlier. One part very old vines, one part vines that are about 40 years-old that has higher yields and ripens fast. 60% new oak, all destemmed. (92-94)
2018 Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux Saint-Jacques
Stony nose. Mouth shows mineral dark fruits, deep, long, more energy, tension, and freshness than Domaine Denis Mortet version, more body, too. Arnaud used 50-60% whole clusters here in order to make a different style of Lavaux Saint-Jacques, vinification more in the Leroy style, according to him. (93-95)
2018 Mazoyères-Chambertin
Dark fruits, slightly gamy as is typical of Mazoyères, pure, powerful. A very good and very true expression of the terroir. All the vines are from the southern part of the vineyard, part near Dugat, part at the bottom near Charmes. Some vines are young, a large part are old. (93-95)
2018 Charmes-Chambertin
Red fruits, ebullient, pure, fresh. A happy wine. The opposite of the dark Mazoyères. Some whole clusters here. Vines are about 100 years old. (93-95)