1er cruMercurey white
Les Veleys
This cuvée gives a broader wine on the palate, opening quickly with floral notes. Supple yet fleshy, never heavy. Ample and rich, easy to drink, holding a fine balance between acidity and structure.
Chardonnay
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Mercurey 2021
The 2021 vintage will be remembered for heavy late frosts in early April, which hit vines already out because a mild winter had brought early budbreak.
Flowering went well, but poor weather from July to mid-August meant heavy work in the vineyard. Fortunately veraison arrived in mid-August under sunshine, letting the grapes build sugar while holding fairly firm acidity right up to harvest.
With ripeness and health needing close watching, picking began in mid-September. Sorting at harvest and careful winemaking allowed 2021 to give delicate wines that are already enjoyable.
The whites have fine depth and lingering flavour, over elegant oak.
The reds are for early drinking, with fine-grained tannins, elegant, balanced wines.
A new wine: Mercurey Premier Cru Clos Paradis joins the estate’s red crus. It has great energy and suppleness, plenty of fruit, wrapped in very silky tannins. A wine for medium-term keeping.
Mercurey 2021
The wines singled out that year
9 wines were rated by the critics on the 2021 vintage.
1er cru
1er cruMercurey red
Les Veleys
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
Mercurey white
La Brigadière
This parcel yields a precise, straight, thoroughbred and mineral wine. The aromas favour finesse over exuberance, evolving over time towards dried fruit, citrus, white flowers and acacia. The palate is taut and linear, then lingers and opens with time.
Chardonnay
Mercurey white
Vieilles Vignes
This cuvée is made to be drunk young and fruit-forward, showing all the finesse of Chardonnay. Tension, ageing and minerality align, with praline flavours underlined by delicate oak.
Chardonnay
1er cruMercurey red
Clos Paradis
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
Mercurey red
Vieilles Vignes
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
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 cruMercurey 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.
Pinot noir
Mercurey red
Les Carabys
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
The critics
What was said of 2021
Guide Bettane & Desseauve
« His passion for the craft drives him to take the estate to its very best. The range runs to four whites and six reds, and there is always one of the house’s wines among the leaders in our blind tastings. An address you cannot miss. »
- Mercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys 2021 BLANC92
- Mercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys 2021 ROUGE92
- Les Vaumuriens, Pommard 202192
Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
« Giving us wines of exemplary quality and unfailing consistency »
- Mercurey La Brigadière 202192
- Mercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys 202191
- Mercurey Vieilles Vignes 202190
- Mercurey Clos du Paradis 202192
- Mercurey Vieilles Vignes 202192
- Mercurey Premier Cru Les Naugues 202192
- Mercurey Premier Cru Les Vasées 202193
- Mercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys 202194
- Pommard Les Vaumuriens 202193
- Mercurey Premier Cru Les Veleys ROUGE 202194
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