Domaine Denis Mortet - Marsannay "Les Longeroies" 2019
Domaine Denis Mortet is located in the village of Gevrey-Chambertin in the Côte de Nuits, Burgundy . The estate was founded in 1956 when Charles Mortet bought 1 hectare of vines and began selling his grapes to négociants. Charles Mortet's son, Denis, and his wife Laurence , began working on the estate in 1978. In the early 1990s, Denis took over and created Domaine Denis Mortet. When the estate was founded, Mortet owned 4.5 hectares of vines in the communes of Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambolle-Musigny and Vougeot and decided to expand quickly. He bought 4 hectares including plots of Premier Cru Lavaux-Saint-Jacques in Gevrey-Chambertin as well as village plots located in En Motrot, Au Vellé, En Champs and La Côte des Longeroies in Marsannay. The estate continues to expand to reach 11.2 hectares, on which the family operates around a hundred plots. Denis Mortet eliminated chemical fertilizers and weedkillers in 1996 and today, all the grapes are harvested by hand and the entire vineyard is cultivated with respect for the soil and its ecosystem without certification . In 2006, Arnaud Mortet took over after the death of his father. Since 2013, Clémence has joined her brother and her mother. In 2016, Clémence and Arnaud founded a new estate and expanded from 12 to 16 hectares.
Marsannay comes from the Les Longeroies climate, facing south and located mid-slope. The fifty-year-old Pinot Noir is harvested manually. After careful sorting, the harvest is partially destemmed and alcoholic fermentation occurs spontaneously with native yeasts. Some very moderate pumping over and punching down are carried out. Aging lasts 18 months in oak barrels , 20% of which are new barrels.
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir