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Domaine Clos de Tart Grand Cru Clos de Tart

Domaine Nicole Lamarche Grand Cru Monopole La Grande Rue

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Domaine de Clos de Tart, Clos de Tart Grand Cru

Clos de Tart is a monopole that was established in the 12th century. In 2017, French billionaire Francois Pinault (owner of Château Latour) acquired the Domaine for a reported quarter of a billion euros. Clos de Tart is one of the most prestigious vineyards in the world. Situated in the ??commune of Morey-Saint-Denis, the vineyard is planted on the slopes. This Monopole is entirely planted to 7.53 hectares of Pinot Noir on a complex of limestone that’s rich in fossilised marine life and white marl. Taking an extremely detailed approach to selection (based on soil profile, clonal or massale selection, vine age), Clos de Tart produces 13 separately vinified cuvées. This allows winemaker Alessandro Noli greater control in producing the Grand Cru.

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Domaine Clos de Tart Grand Cru Clos de Tart Museum Release

The 2018 vintage marked the first organic-certified vintage for the clos. Picked and vinified by Jacques Devauges but bottled under Alessandro Noli and the new regime, it’s an excellent reflection of this powerful vintage: an intense and hedonistic Clos de Tart, with fine, silky tannins. Nine separate cuvées were vinified in 2018, spending an average of 18 days in vat. Extraction was gentle (though not as gentle as today); only four punchdowns were carried out, all by foot. The final blend was roughly 65% whole bunches. It was raised for 19 months, 80% in new Tronçais oak barriques (light toast) and 20% in one-year-old barrels and demi-muids. As always, the wine was hand-bottled by gravity, without fining or filtration.