FFW 2021 Wine Catalogue

MAZOYERES-CHAMBERTINGRAND CRU DOMAINE TAUPENOT-MERME 2018 DRINK2025 - 2040 Romain’s favourite of his vineyard holdings. His plot is directly opposite Chambertinwith thin, poor topsoil. The majority of the vines are very old, planted by workers returning fromWorldWar II, and the remaining 15%was replanted in 1998. The wine shows the complexity and concentration that comes fromvery old vines on great sites, it is very pure and inviting. There are sweet, fleshy plums; rose petals scents; sour cherry; dark, intriguing berries; toasty oak and salineminerality. It is quite amazing how open the aromatics are when there is such density and complexity. There are firm, fine-grained tannins to back up the layered fruit to suggest long termageing is encouraged before a long, saline finish. 6x75 £925

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Merme MOREY ST. DENIS

Our annual visit to Romain Taupenot is always a favourite. He is a thoughtful manwho’s natural charm shines through. His wines reflect his personality always energetic, engaging and elegant, the epitome of his home village ofMorey St Denis, where his family have been vignerons for 7 generations. Romain beganhis working life as a banker before the pull fromhis home became toomuch returning home more than 15 years ago; we are very pleased his focus is onhis vines. He is gentlewithhis usage of oak as he believes the quality of his grapes shouldn’t bemasked, he uses no more than 20%newoak for Villages, 30% for 1er Cru, and 40% for Grand Cru. He doesn’t use anywhole bunch fermentation inhis wines feeling strongly that “the complexity comes fromthe grapes, not the stems.” The 2018s are a delicious addition to Romain’s catalogue, the purity and finesse inhis winemaking complements the vintage perfectly. We’ve built up a strong relationshipwithRomain and thewines are a constant favourite, both whenwe taste, andwith strong feedback and praise fromfor our clients.

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