2021 Mercurey Rouge La Framboisière (Monopole), Domaine Faiveley
£40.25
(£35.75 per bottle)
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Description
This is the 8th vintage that this wine has benefitted from the up-graded Faiveley winery located in Mercurey, where they have major vineyard-holdings. The wine now ferments in smaller vats, allowing individual focus and more precise temperature control. Colour is medium-deep purple-red, aromas are fresh, clearly Pinot and very open. Palate shows supple, soft fruit, with balanced aftertaste, ideal for youthful enjoyment (for drinking 2023-2028+).
Brand
Brand
Domaine Faiveley
Our shipments from this superb source of great Burgundies date back over 30 years, to the 1989 vintage. This is very much a family business, with François Faiveley’s children, Erwan and Eve, now at the helm. Winemaker Jérôme Flous and his assistant Bastien Giraud are highly talented, and operate within a rebuilt, spacious, state-of-the-art winery in Nuits-Saint-Georges. The superb 125 hectare Domaine includes 13 different Grands Crus and 25 Premiers Crus.
Since the 2007 vintage, many carefully thought-through changes have taken place, with work in vineyards and wine-making becoming more closely integrated. They invested in gentler means of transporting grapes from sorting tables to vats, up-graded their temperature control systems, installed a new hydraulic press, and fine-tuned the barrel buying – all to great effect. Jérôme Flous has been here for more than a decade, having previously worked as technical consultant for many top Domaines. The wines have been gaining in richness, fruit density, complexity and smoothness, without sacrifice of ageing potential.