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Domaine Jeanne & François Raquillet
Mercurey Premier Cru Red Cuvée Révélation, Domaine Raquillet, Mercurey1er cru

Révélation

Mercurey Premier Cru Red Cuvée Révélation

Grape variety
Pinot noir
Cellaring
5 to 10 years
Serving temperature
18°
Plot
0,20 ha · 111 ans
Best rating
93

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.

Serving suggestions

Decant in its early years. A keeping wine, 5 to 10 years. Serve at 18°C.

Critical acclaim, 1 citation

  • Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de FranceMercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys Révélation 2022 · vintage 202293
  • 4.9

    43 Google reviews

  • Guide Bettane & Desseauve

    3 stars

  • La Revue du vin de France

    2 stars

  • Haute Valeur Environnementale

    High Environmental Value

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The plot

Technical sheet

Appellation
Mercurey Premier Cru
Grape variety
Pinot noir
Aspect
Due East
Average vine age
111 ans
Area
0,20 ha
Soil
Low-limestone marl
Ageing
12 months in barrel and 6 months in tank
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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