Domaine du Clos de Tart - Clos de Tart 2016
Price: $699.98
| Producer | Domaine du Clos de Tart |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Cote de Nuits |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Sku | 03492 |
Domaine du Clos de Tart Description
A Monopole of 7.5 hectares of Grand Cru in the heart of the Côte de Nuits since 1141. As opposed to the high-tech winery, the storehouse looks more classical with its exposed beams ceiling and Burgundy paved aisles.
The air conditioning facilities enable to monitor the temperatures and adapt them to favour a good malo-lactic fermentation process. The wine is kept there for 10 months before being transferred to the cellars below.
The grapes for these wines come from a single 7.5 hectare parcel
This rectangular mid slope plot (300m long -250m wide) is situated at an altitude varying from 269m to 302m. It benefits from a full east-south east exposure and is encircled with a 1.2km long stone wall, which explains the "Clos" denomination. This wall has just been entirely restored.
Contrary to a vast majority of Burgundy vineyards, the Clos de Tart vines are planted on a north-south line perpendicular to the slope. This planting orientation provides better conditions to fight against erosion by maintaining the soil in place during the winter rainfalls. It also allows the berries to benefit from sunlight on both sides alternatively in the morning and in the afternoon, thus assuring a better bunch maturity. Moreover thanks to this alternative sunlight exposure, the grapes are likely to be more resistant to scalding during the hot summer days.
The vineyard is 60 years old on average with some vine plants being over a hundred years old.
All the re-planting operations are done from domestic ‘massal' selections carried out by the domain winegrowers assisted by nursery technicians. The Clos de Tart owns a little nursery where the domain selected rootstocks are stored. These vine plants are used to replace dead vine stocks or for re-planting.
Vinous Media: 99 Points
The 2016 Clos de Tart Grand Cru, cropped at 35hl/ha, is the first year farmed biodynamically. This was completely breathtaking in barrel, and now, in bottle, nothing has changed in that respect. It has an ineffably complex bouquet, not as intense as it showed in barrel yet extremely deep and cerebral, black fruit mingling with forest floor, crushed stone and a touch of sea spray. The palate is perfectly balanced with a deceivingly understated entry, before a wave of black and red fruit crashes over the senses. It is framed by supremely fine tannin, the intensity building toward a crescendo as it fans out. The aftertaste is unbelievably long, remaining in the mouth 60 seconds after the wine has departed. The best ever - simple as that. Tasted at Clos de Tart.
Wine Advocate: 97 Points
The superb 2016 Clos de Tart Grand Cru confirms the promise it showed from barrel, unfurling in the glass with a striking bouquet of raspberries, rose petals, blood orange, black tea, spices and smoked meats. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, pure and ample, with a deep core of vibrant, searingly intense fruit that entirely cloaks its structuring chassis of satiny tannin, concluding with a long and captivatingly floral finish. More elegant and transparent than the richer and fleshier 2015, this is an exceptional vintage for Clos de Tart. That there are fully 27,000 bottles makes this one of Burgundy's rare confluence of quality and quantity.
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