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CHÂTEAU DE MERCEY
BOURGOGNE HAUTES-CÔTES DE BEAUNE PINOT NOIR 2021

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BOURGOGNE HAUTES-CÔTES DE BEAUNE PINOT NOIR

CHÂTEAU DE MERCEY
BOURGOGNE HAUTES-CÔTES DE BEAUNE PINOT NOIR 2021

Château de Mercey
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2021   2022  

Grape variety

100% Pinot Noir.

Tasting notes

Colour: elegant ruby red.
Nose: a red fruits bouquet with delcate notes of wood.
Palate: a very fruity mouth, carried by supple tannins offering a well-balanced wine with lot of finesse.

Wine and food pairing

To appreciate with a terrine or a roasted chicken, but also a tuna steak in tomato sauce, or slightly aged cheeses.

Serving temperature

Ideal served at a temperature of 14 to 16°C.

Ageing potential

A wine that will age at least 5 years after the vintage in good cellaring conditions.

Origin

The vineyard covers now around 41 hectares mainly surrounds the Château, built in the 16th Century at the southern edge of the Côte de Beaune.

Vinification and maturing

The grapes were hand harvested from the 21st of September 2021 to the 1st of October, sorted and then destemmed at thier arrival à the winery.

Traditional vinification was then carried out in temperature-controlled concrete vats with daily stirring and pumping-over. Alternating those two methods is a good way to obtain balanced wines because the tannins are not too much extracted.

Then, the wine was put for 9 months aging in oak barrels in a large majority (75%) with around 20% new oak.

Vintage : 2021

Nature certainly set a challenge for the winegrower and the winemaker with this vintage.

It began with very warm temperatures at the end of February which led to an early bud break.

The historic frost in April then destroyed young shoots that had emerged too early, significantly affecting the future harvest. Changing weather continued to characterize the vintage through to the harvests.

There were spells of rain from May to mid-August, obliging winegrowers to be constantly on the alert. The only periods of relative calm were during flowering, which took place in good conditions for the formation of the future fruit, and the véraison (colour change), which benefited from the return of the sun from mid-August.

The vagaries of the weather contributed to the development of outbreaks of disease, which were contained thanks to the tireless efforts of our winegrowers. In spite of this, considerable sacrifices had to be made to ensure a high level of quality, and rigorous sorting of the fruit in the vineyard and on arrival at the winery was necessary.

This vintage also required a major technical effort. The vinifications had to be carried out with meticulous attention and precision with a particular care over the extraction of colouring matter, the balance of the structure and the aromatic expression of the red wines, and of the freshness, balance of acidity and aromatic potential of the white wines.

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