MERCUREY
2010 Vieilles Vignes Domaine François Raquillet
| Grapes | Pinot Noir |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| District | Côte Chalonnaise |
| Village | Mercurey |
| ABV | 13% |
François' old vines cuvée is, as usual, fully ripe, an atttactive sweet edge on the wine with enough body and plenty of juicy, fleshy fruit. L&S (Jan 2012)
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The reds from this Côte Chalonnaise appellation can be a bit earthy, but this old-vine wine, like Raquillet's basic (in fact not so basic) Bourgogne Pinot Noir, has a savoury, nutty quality rather than earthiness. There's also lovely, raspberry sweetness, hints of spice and sandalwood and, as you would expect, more concentration, tannin and structure than in the the basic Bourgogne. Rating: 90 The Wine Gang - www.thewinegang.com (Mar 2012)
3 parcels all 60+ years old, aged in oak, part new. Bottled a week ago but doesn't seem to have closed down. Pure dark fruit. Really savoury and fresh on the palate. Great tension, quite linear at the moment. Sinewy but not lean. 2012-2015 Rating: 16.5 Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2012)
Domaine François Raquillet
François took over the running of this estate from his father, Jean, in 1990, with his wife Emmanuelle. Records show that the same family have made wine in Mercurey since the 1600s, and Francois is the eleventh generation.
With eleven hectares under vine, François has substantially reduced yields, introduced higher quality oak barrels (up to 50% new wood for the Premiers Crus) and significantly increased the quality of wines made at this domaine. François explains he tries to avoid over-extraction at all costs - his one aim is to deliver the beautifully pure fruit profile he gets out of the old vines - this he does with great success. It is a wonderfully transparent style - combined with good mid-palate weight.
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