2016 Morey St Denis
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A beautiful perfume of dark cherry and berry fruits as well as spice, sappy flowers, and underbrush emerge from the 2016 Morey-St-Denis, a medium-bodied, elegant, seamless Morey-Saint-Denis that will benefit from another 2-3 years of bottle age and keep for 10-15. It's a beautiful, elegant, yet still nicely concentrated village wine with loads to love.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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(production reduced by 20% due to frost; totally destemmed; bottled in November): Good medium red. Explosive nose combines red fruits, spices and flowers. Silky but also juicy and fresh, offering immediately delicious red berry and spice flavors and noteworthy inner-mouth energy. Spreads out horizontally on the back end. This is hard to spit even today.
The 2016 Morey-Saint-Denis Village, which was matured in one-third new oak, has a clean and pure bouquet with hints of blueberry and black cherries, pretty, almost Chambolle-like in style. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, crunchy brambly red fruit tinged with white pepper and a pinch of soy, fanning out nicely on the easygoing and approachable finish.
500 bottles produced. Blend of fruit from Les Larreys, Rue de Vergy, La Riotte, Clos Solon and La Bidaude lieux-dits. Quite spicy with a bit of oak on the nose. Much richer than the average Morey. Spicy and appealing. Medium weight. Nice dry end. Rather relaxed and easy. Good polish. Like ginger creams. Not the purest nor the freshest but with great appeal. (JR)
About the producer
Domaine des Lambrays is one of Morey-Saint-Denis’s most famous estates, its history closely tied to the Grand Cru from which it takes its name – Clos des Lambrays.