1er cruMercurey Premier Cru Red Les Vasées
The fruitiest and most supple of the estate’s Premiers Crus. A distinctly Pinot nose, a savoury, round palate with fine texture. Sappy and complete, with generous black fruit.
Serving suggestions
Serve at 17°C, decanted in its early years. At its best around 5 years, and will keep up to 8.
Critical acclaim, 12 citations
An elegant nose: black fruit, cocoa, a smoky note. The palate is dense, full of fruit, with coated, silky tannins. A wine already approachable that will age well.
Black cherries, sweet spices and toasty oak zoom from the glass. This is demonstrative and emphatic with oodles of ripe summer berries. Medium in body with rounded tannins but peppy acidity, this will be ready to enjoy
A concentrated nose of black fruit with a liquorice touch. The palate is fleshy and generous, with silky tannins.
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Winemaking
Fully destemmed, then received into stainless-steel bins by gravity, the berries go into tank for a five-day cold pre-fermentation maceration at 12°C. Fermentation is natural, on the indigenous yeasts present on the grapes and in the cellar. Alcoholic fermentation in tank, malolactic in barrel. No punching down: we favour pump-overs, twice a day: this is how we keep the wine's freshness and fruit. Vatting off after 15 to 20 days, then pressing.
Ageing
Vinified exclusively in French oak. The barrel stock is renewed by thirds, a third new each year, and the oldest are three years old. Each wine receives its own ratio of new oak.
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1er cruMercurey red
A wine for keeping, poised between power and structure, with very silky tannins and a mineral finish bringing freshness. It refines gradually towards a smoother texture after a few years, the most complete of the estate’s Premiers Crus.
Pinot noir
Cellaring5 to 10 years
1er cruMercurey red
The southern exposure brings black fruit aromas to this Premier Cru, powerful yet round and fleshy. A sun-filled, generous wine, broad on the palate, with a fine texture that asks only to evolve slowly.
Pinot noir
Cellaring5 to 10 years
1er cruMercurey red
A wine of great energy and suppleness, richly fruited, wrapped in very silky tannins. A rich nose of black fruit, spice and a liquorice note. The palate is concentrated and generous, juicy fruit balanced by salinity. Medium-term keeping.
Pinot noir
Cellaring4 to 7 years
1er cruMercurey red
This special cuvée, from a parcel of vines over a hundred years old, gives a dense, concentrated, sappy wine, yet one that preserves finesse and fruit. A pulpy juice with a nervy sap running through it; its tannic grip on the finish signals real ageing potential.
Pinot noir
Cellaring5 to 10 years