Burgundy is all about terroirs, and while you can make emotional wines from modest terroirs, the great emotional wines almost always come from the very best terroirs. Not all classified terroirs can apparently make a true vin d´émotion … and it is therefore important to know your terroirs well.
I have some favourite vineyards in Morey-Saint-Denis … vineyards with a mineral drive and energy in the hands of the best producers.
They are the terroirs of emotion … vineyards that often give me a Vin d`émotion …
Terroirs d’émotion 
The top terroirs are in a league of their own and will give me the thrill of emotional energy and complex expressions of the terroir.
Grand Cru
Clos Saint-Denis, Clos de la Roche, Clos des Lambrays, Bonnes-Mares
The Grand Crus of Morey-Saint-Denis are large and diverse. Clos de la Roche is not vin d´émotion all the way, and while Clos de Tart is a prominent vineyard, I have had a hard time finding the emotions in the current wines (since 1990).
1er cru
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