2022, Domaine de Villaine, MERCUREY, 'Les Montots'Domaine Notes: The palate deploys dense aromas of red fruits with powerful tannins softened by discreet oak. This gives it texture once again salivating making the wine supple and juicy at the same time. It needs time for everything to harmonise. Requires few years before it can be enjoyed in order to leave time for the wine to connect the Pinot Noir fruit with the expression of its terroir. The 2022 Mercurey Les Montots has a fragrant bouquet of

and some younger vines from 2014 have been included for the first time

Drinking Window: 2027 - 2033

bay leaf and new oak

eventually offering scents of dried honey

Manual harvesting with grape sorting and optimisation of choice of date through parcel-by-parcel ripeness monitoring

clay and limestone

A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon

which resulted in an earlier harvest to produce a 2020 Almaviva

the kind of wine that will bring people to tears

will easily age for 15 to 20 years

grainy tannins and amazing tension

it sails out of the glass with intense scents of plum preserves