Clos de la Roche exploration
Exclusive tasting of the legendary Grand Cru.
📍East facing Grand Cru in Morey St. Denis of Côte de Nuits. The largest GC in MSD with 17ha which extended from 4.5 since 1861. Brown soil of limestone base mixed with clay and rocks. Barely 30cm deep.
The greatest and the classiest Grand Cru of Morey St. Denis and among the best of Côte d’Or. Ample and structured wines they are. Deep colored, rich and powerfully flavoured with silky texture.
🍷1994 Maison Roche De Bellene (Nicolas Potel) (🏅89). Negoce wine. Very developed. Fruits still present. Lots of iron. Tertiary aromas mostly and not all of them are so charming.
🍷1995 Laboure-Roi (🏅92). Large Negociant eleveur from Nuit St. Georges. When opened, was bit off & seemed down the hill. After some air showed good concentration of fruits. Good 1er Cru level. If tasted blind could be guessed as Barolo — dried rose, tar, sour cherry, quite tannic.
🍷1996 Dominique Laurent…
