| Region of production: | Morey-Saint-Denis |
| Winery Location: | Morey-Saint-Denis |
| Year Established: | 1141 |
Vineyard Holdings
Clos de Tart Grand Cru (monopole): 7.53 ha Pinot Noir, 60-year-old vines
Top Wines Produced
- Clos de Tart Grand Cru (monopole)
- Morey-Saint-Denis “La Forge de Tart” Premier Cru: produced in certain vintages from vines under 25 years of age in Clos de Tart
Average Total Production
- 19,800 bottles
Summary
The sisters of Notre Dame de Tart purchased the vineyard that has become known as Clos de Tart in 1141. The Marey-Monge family purchased the ecclesiastical land at public auction in 1791; the Mommesin family – its current owners – purchased it in 1932. In 1997 the Mommesin family sold their négociant business to Boisset but retained the Clos de Tart property and its winemaking buildings, now known as Domaine du Clos de Tart. Clos de Tart is the largest monopole grand cru vineyard in the Côte d’Or, and it is one of the few vineyards in the Côte de Nuits in which rows are planted north-south (in order to prevent erosion). Replanting is done by sélection massale and the domaine’s average vine age is sixty years. Sylvain Pitiot has run the domaine since 1995, after a career as a cartographer and a stint at the Hospices de Beaune winery.
Style & Vinification Techniques
Sylvain Pitiot favors harvesting very late in order to have fully ripe fruit. The grapes are sorted in the vineyard and again on a sorting table at the winery. The decision to de-stem depends on the vintage, with up to 50% whole clusters retained in warmer vintages (e.g. 2009). The wines ferment without inoculation in stainless steel and spend approximately three weeks on skins. After pressing, the wines age in 100% new oak for 18 months prior to bottling without fining or filtration.
Producer Website: Clos de Tart