2021 David Moreau Santenay Rouge Cuvée 'S' Rouge. Burgundy-FRANCE. 750ml.
David Moreau is no longer an emerging star in Burgundy, in the past few vintages he has become a popular fixture at his base in Santenay, the last village of the Cote d'Or. As Burgundy has become increasingly expensive and hard to procure, the world has widened it's search propelling estates like this quickly into the light.
Glowing reviews from Neal Martin and Jancis Robinson have helped too but David sells his wines carefully and for a fair price for the outstanding quality. These are carefully thought about, painstakingly made wines that do show all the nuance and detail we imagine fine Burgundy to have but so very often does not.
The 2021 Santenay Cuvée S, which suttered a lot of millerandage, is quite broody on the nose: dark berry fruit, traces of tobacco developing with time, more tertiary in style.The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannins, more linear than previous vintages with a mineral-driven finish. Its ostensibly a no-trills but pleasurable Santenay. (88-90) Vinous, Neal Martin
