Domaine du Clos de Tart 2017 right bank

Domaine du Clos de Tart 2017 right bankClos de Tart is a Grand Cru monopole (ie. one owner) located in the village of Morey St Denis in Burgundy. The 7. 5ha walled vineyard was founded by the Cistercian nuns of Tart Abbey in 1141, who held it until the French Revolution when it was sold to the Marey Monge family. In 1932 it was acquired by Macon wine merchant Henri Mommessin who sold it to the Pinault family in 2018. Since his appointment as winemaker in the mid 90s, Sylvain Pitiot has

The wine is normally about 70/30 cabernet to shiraz

It needs swirling to bring out decadent scents of blueberry preserves and prunes

delivering a millefeuille of black and red berries

punching down / pumping over

"The 2017 Clos de Tart Grand Cru was matured in around 80% new oak

Day two: Just mid ruby with orange tinges

" James Halliday

" I just love this quote because it so perfectly sums up the difficult 2014 vintage

it slowly unfurls to offer very pure

Frédéric Faye

this is a very elegant

and this turns into an extremely serious wine with real tannic hold