In Burgundy’s Côte d’Or, wine is so deeply embedded in the culture that many of the region’s villages appended their names with that of a famous local vineyard. So, the village of Gevrey became Gevrey-Chambertin (for its Chambertin Grand Cru), and, further south, the towns of Puligny and Chassagne both laid claim to the Montrachet vineyard. It’s telling that the town of Morey picked Clos Saint-Denis as its appendix, given its wealth of Grand Cru real estate; Clos Saint-Denis is the smallest of the four main Morey Grand Crus, with a relatively large number of owners producing minuscule quantities of wine, so it’s not the easiest Grand Cru wine to get one’s hands on.
But when you do—and especially when you do so in a top vintage like 2014—look out: This is the kind of impeccable, ever-evolving Pinot Noir that expensive, lifelong obsessions are made of. Florence Heresztyn and Simon Mazzini—she’s part of the well-known Gevrey-Chambertin clan; he’s originally from Champagne—released the first wines under their own label in 2012, and, while they are rooted in Gevrey-Chambertin, their tiny parcel of Clos Saint-Denis is their sole Grand Cru holding. This 2014 is such a special wine I simply had to offer it, even though our supply is so small we can only offer a single bottle per customer (Heresztyn-Mazzini has fast become a darling of the British wine press, so we’ve got some competition for their limited releases). File it under fleeting, but magical, wine experiences: Should you manage to get a bottle, that’s what you’re in for!