Si le nez se fait encore discret, la bouche offre un joli toucher de velours côtelé, franc et massif avec de la noblesse et la nervosité. Il a du potentiel.
16.5/20 — At his best: 2020-2024
Guide Bettane et Desseauve
(millésime: 2016)
Mercurey 1ers crus Cuvée Jeanne
This wine, produced in small quantities, is from the best rows of vines in the Clos des Grands Voyens. It is a concentrated wine which needs laying down, so patience is required! Time alone will bring out all the complexity and subtlety of this wine for special occasions. Cuvée Jeanne is not produced every year.
Appellation: Mercurey 1er Cru
Grape variety: Pinot Noir
Soil: Brown limestone, clay and silty-clay; vineyards located on a hillside, facing directly south.
Average age of vines: 42 years
Best drinking time: From 4 to 12 years after harvest
Serving temperature:
15-16°C young wine
17-18°C mature wine
Vinification:
Grapes picked and sorted entirely by hand
15 to 20 days in vat starting with a cold pre-fermentation maceration
Regular cap punching and pumping over operations to extract the material and aromas that will shape the future wine
Ageing: 100% in oak barrels for 12 months with 35% new oak
Light and supple, this is a forthright wine with a hint of minerality on the finish.
14/20 — At his best: from 2015 to 2020
Bettane et Dessauve
(millésime: 2013)
