2020 Morey St Denis Petites Noix
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The 2020 Morey-Saint-Denis Petit Noix 1er Cru does not fully deliver the complexity of its peers. The nose offers dark cherries and wilted rose petals. This seems to lose a bit of delineation in the glass. There's some reduction, and then Brettanomyces takes over. The palate is solid and structured, with plenty of backbone, as you would expect in a Morey-Saint-Denis, but there is a sense of dryness, and the wood tannins impede the finish. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
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Neal Martin
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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(from a .26 ha parcel in Les Gruenchers and another .12 ha in Clos Baulet; 15% whole clusters). Moderate reduction dominates the underlying fruit today. Otherwise, there is good volume to the round and succulent medium-bodied flavors that exude a subtle bead of minerality on the robust, powerful and quite serious finish that is youthfully austere and impressively persistent. I very much like the depth and this should easily reward a decade plus of cellaring. (91-93)/2032+