2023, Domaine Clos de Tart, MOREY-SAINT-DENIS, 1er Cru, 'La Forge de Tart'

There is a lovely concentration of mulberry and plum aromas touched with hints of smoke and spice on the nose of the ‘Forge de Tart’, the second wine from the Clos de Tart. The texture is plump and firm, with a pleasantly lingering finish. The blend for this wine uses younger vines and the clonal selections of the vineyard. 25% of the grapes are fermented as whole clusters before ageing in cask (40% new). Noli is using this wine to implement his changes, grafting clonal selection to massale and reducing new oak while extending the length of maturation.
94 Charles Curtis MW, Decanter.

 La Forge de Tart 2023 has a slightly deeper crimson purple colour. A really classy perfumed red berry fruit starts to emerge, while there is excellent tension on the palate too, but all in red fruit, arguably redder than the village Morey. Delicacy and definition, Cistercian style. Drink from 2030-2036.
**** 92-94 Jasper Morris MW.

The 2023 Morey-Saint-Denis La Forge de Tart 1er Cru has a very floral bouquet, with incense infusing the blackberry and blueberry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and modest weight. There is more black than red fruit here, with a touch of tobacco leaf on the finish. Afford this two or three years in bottle. 2027-2040.
90-92 Neal Martin, Vinous.

The whole cluster vinification is evident as the expressive and fresh nose is notably more floral in character with its array of ripe dark berries that is trimmed in enough wood to notice as well as a mentholated top note. The succulent, round and similarly velvet-textured medium weight flavours possess markedly better mid-palate density before terminating in a lightly stony finish that is much more complex and persistent. It is also notably more structured so plan to exercise moderate patience. Sweet Spot Outstanding.
91-94 Allen Meadows, Burghound.

Higher tones and more salinity. Extra depth to this palate of flavour – also a great texture but more incisive, less cushion than the young-vine ‘villages.’ But this finish is like that of the villages just opening and opening, only very slowly fading. There’s an element of extra strictness here – for a 1er cru label – that’s another great wine.
Bill Nanson, The Burgundy Report.