2010 Morey St Denis En la Rue de Vergy

The 2010 Morey St. Denis En la Rue de Vergy is endowed with lovely focus and energy in its dark red fruit, flowers, mint and spices. The expressive dark fruit is nicely supported by clean veins of saline minerality. This is a lovely showing. Lignier used 30% whole bunches on the Rue de Vergy. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2024. Virgile Lignier began his harvest on September 24. Potential alcohols came in between 11.8 and 14%. The wines under 12.5% were lightly chaptalized by about a half degree. I tasted all of the 2010s from tank, where they were resting in anticipation of bottling, which was scheduled to start this January. Virgile Lignier told me he was quite surprised by the quality of the 2010s, especially the ripeness of the tannins. A Becky Wasserman Selection, Le Serbet, various American importers, including: Polaner Selections, Mt. Kisco, NY; tel. (914) 244-0404

Fragrant and lifted nose, signature fruit power on the palate. Charming and silken. Concentrated throughout the long finish. (RH)

Good deep red. Musky black raspberry, chocolate, minerals and flint on the nose, plus a suggestion of exotic fruits. Sweet and fleshy in the mouth, with a rocky gunflint quality and a saline element conveying a strong impression of soil. Finer-grained than the old-vines Chambolle. Finishes with a broad dusting of tannins and very good length.