A mild start to winter brought early budbreak, raising fears of damage when late frosts were forecast for April.
Happily the vineyard was spared, but repeated rain and low spring temperatures slowed growth and demanded heavy work between the rows.
Disease pressure was constant throughout the growing season, calling for daily effort to keep the fruit clean.
Fine weather finally settled in mid-July and held for a month; the welcome heat advanced ripeness, though it stayed modest for this vintage.
Picking began under grey skies on 7 September 2024 and ended on the 20th, with a break forced by the weather.
Rigorous sorting of the reds was the one condition for the vintage’s quality, and despite the extreme weather, it promises to be exceptional.
The work paid off: grower and winemaker together drew out the potential of fine raw material to make the 2024s genuinely flavourful.
The whites are finely balanced, with fresh fruit and real tension, built around citrus.
The 2024 reds have a solid frame, good flesh and energy.
The Premiers Crus are straight-backed wines with rich, generous aromatics.
A new red Premier Cru joins the estate in 2024: Mercurey 1er Cru Les Combins. It is a highly expressive, powerful wine. The plot’s south-facing exposure brings generous fruit aromas, centred on cherry, and gives a wine that is firm on the palate and very silky. A wine for medium-term keeping.
A new white also joins the estate in 2024: Mercurey Chamirey. From a young plot marked out within a walled clos at the heart of Chamirey, it takes its place with a fine wine of elegant tension built around citrus aromas. Aged in a one-year-old 400-litre barrel, the oak folds in perfectly, with great freshness. A wine meant to be drunk young.
Mercurey 2024
Mercurey white
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
1er cruMercurey white
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
Mercurey white
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
Mercurey red
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.
Pinot noir
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
1er cruMercurey red
A highly expressive, powerful red. The southern exposure of this plot gives generous fruit aromas, centred on cherry. Solid on the palate, and silky.
Pinot noir
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
1er cruMercurey red
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
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 white
This cuvée gives a saline, smooth wine with fine tension and great freshness. Ample and rich, easy to drink, holding a fine balance between acidity and structure. The use of large oak vessels supports that balance.
Chardonnay
The critics
Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Tim Atkin MW
Weinwisser
Les Buvologues
« In white I like the freshness; in red the wines are full, fruity, with good energy. »
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