1er cruMercurey red
Les Naugues
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
1er cruLes Veleys Mercurey Premier Cru Red
- Grape variety
- Pinot noir
- Cellaring
- 5 to 10 years
- Serving temperature
- 18°
- Plot
- 0,80 ha · 65 ans
- Best rating
- 94
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.
Serving suggestions
Decant in its early years. A keeping wine, 5 to 10 years. Serve at 18°C.
Critical acclaim, 10 citations
- Tim Atkin MWMercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys 2024 · vintage 202492
- Bourgogne Aujourd’huiMercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys 2022 · vintage 202393
A discreet, liquorice nose opening slowly onto black cherry and “sweet” oak. The dense, fleshy palate hints at black cherry. The tannins are fine. One to forget in the cellar.
- Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de FranceMercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys 2022 · vintage 202293
- Guide Bettane & DesseauveMercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys 2021 ROUGE · vintage 202192
- Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de FranceMercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys 2021 · vintage 202194
- Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de FranceMercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys ROUGE 2021 · vintage 202194
- Bourgogne Aujourd’huiMercurey premier cru rouge Les Veleys 2021 · vintage 202117,5
A complex nose around bilberry, cherry and violet. The palate does not disappoint, with pure, coated substance. The whole is refined.
- Guide Bettane & DesseauveMercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys 2020 ROUGE · vintage 202092
- Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de FranceMercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys 2020 · vintage 202094
- Bourgogne Aujourd’hui1er Cru les Veleys rouge · vintage 201914,5/20
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Technical sheet
- Appellation
- Mercurey Premier Cru
- Grape variety
- Pinot noir
- Aspect
- East facing
- Average vine age
- 65 ans
- Area
- 0,80 ha
- Soil
- Low-limestone marl
- Ageing
- 12 months in French oak barrels
- Serving temperature
- 18°
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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