A generous, fruit-forward wine of real depth, with an intense colour. Hugely expressive, it bursts on the palate, a village Mercurey with nothing to envy of a Premier Cru.
Serving suggestions
Drink between 2 and 5 years. Serving temperature 16/17°C.
Critical acclaim, 11 citations
The small red and black fruit aromas are still somewhat overlaid by the smoky, spicy notes of fine oak, a quarter of it new. On the palate the fruit comes through more clearly: liquorice, cocoa and discreet minerality, fine tannins, balanced. Drink 2027 to 2034.
Dark, blackish ruby. Intense, ripe red cherry, fine toasty and spicy notes, a breath of spruce needle. Round, ripe red fruit of pleasing volume, fine, lightly present tannins, balanced structure, discreet minerality, fruity finish. Drink 2026 to 2035.
Rimmed with ruby, the colour is denser yet bright. The juice is cut in an elegant tannin with a digestible lift. A modern Mercurey in its silkiness. The Raquillet style is in the house.
A rich nose of fresh black fruit with a delicate floral note, subtly smoky. The palate is fleshy, on intense black fruit. A long, dense, thoroughbred wine.
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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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Mercurey red
Although made from old vines, this is a supple, generous wine with fresh fruit aromas and a smooth, silky texture. It opens up from its first year, the ageing kept light to preserve elegance. A wine of pure pleasure, enjoyable young.
Pinot noir
Mercurey red
A generous, fruit-driven wine that reveals itself early. From a 60-year-old east-facing parcel on clay-limestone soils, it plays on depth and power.
Pinot noir
Mercurey red
A supple, lively Pinot Noir with a sleek profile. Crisp and tangy, already generous and fleshy, carried by smooth ripe fruit. A cuvée to enjoy young, for its freshness and drive.
Pinot noir
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