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Domaine Faiveley Mercurey La Framboisiere 2007 x 6
Region
Mercurey, Burgundy, France
Introduction
Faiveley is an independent, family owned domaine which was founded in Nuits St Georges in 1825. It is currently run by the founder’s great-great-great-great grandson Erwan Faiveley, who has taken over from his father François. Erwan represents the seventh generation of the Faiveley family.
Grapes
100% Pinot Noir
Viticulture
This Côte Chalonnaise village gets its name from the God Mercury (God of Merchants). The story goes that a temple was erected here in honour of this deity. This climat La Framboisière produces wines with real character and is one of Faiveley’s highly reputed wines.
Soil: Clay/Limestone
Total area: 11 ha 11 a 20 ca
Wine Making
To maintain all the freshness and quality of the grapes, they are pressed and vinified on site in Mercurey. Then the wine is brought to Nuits-Saint-Georges to be matured, in part, in oak barrels for 12 to 14 months, in nineteenth century vaulted cellars which provide ideal conditions for raising wines. The barrels come from high quality barrel makers and have been rigorously selected for their fine grain and light toast.
Tasting Notes
This wine has a really fruity powerful nose, which mixes greedy red and black fruit aromas and woody notes. But it is on the palate that it shows its full potential, where it is powerful and fleshy with flavours of raspberry and other very ripe red fruits, almost as if we were biting into them. Its structure is powerful, with velvety tannins and a very long and fruity finish.
Food Matching
Grilled Meats, Cold Meats
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