Joseph Roty Marsannay Ouzeloy 2018 (750ML)

91+ WA / 91+ VM / 91 BH / 91 JM

The 2018 Marsannay Les Ouzeloy wafts from the glass with aromas of cherries, berries, loamy soil and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, lively and concentrated, with ample reserves of fruit and powdery structuring tannin, this is a serious cuvée, built for the long haul. As readers may remember, it was with this lieu-dit that the Roty family's association with Marsannay began, as Joseph Roty was hired to work the vineyards here by Monsieur Dupont-Tisserandot, who rewarded him for his labors with a plot of vines.—William Kelley, The Wine Advocate

Note: from 80+ year old vines
Tasting note: Gentle notes of wood toast frame very floral-suffused aromas that include violet and lilac along with mostly dark pinot fruit and warm earth suggestions. There is a lovely texture to the succulent but intense medium-bodied flavors that exude a subtle salinity on the firm, very serious and mildly rustic finish. This excellent effort is very clearly built-to-age and wine that's should amply repay 10 to 12 years of cellaring. Outstanding. –Allen Meows, Burghound

From the plot which started the Roty Marsannay experience, with ancient vines – perhaps 90 years old, planted in narrow rows. Rich dense purple, massive weight to the fruit here right from the start, but carrying on all the way through, fresh, but powerful raspberry, some violets, notes Pierre-Jean Roty, good acidity and notable persistence. When the structure dies down the fruit will bound forward. Tasted: April 2021—Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy