Domaine Michel Juillot Mercurey Les Vignes de Maillonge Rouge

VINEYARD Color: Red Grape variety: Pinot Noir Planting dates: 1958, 1982 Terroir: clay-limestone, beige marl, hard pebbles on the surface Exposure: East, South-East Altitude: 252 meters Annual production: 25,800 bottles VINIFICATION Manual harvesting - Selection of the reasons on a sorting table - 100% destemming - Open vat - 16 days vatting Temperature control - Natural yeasts - Little interventionist because with such a concentration, the structure comes naturally and allows all the expression of the terroir . Vertical press. BREEDING 16 months in oak barrels - 15% new oak - Total malolactic fermentation. TASTING NOTES Allen Meadows: "The aromas of ripe black berries blend with the more earthy aromas that shape the character of this wine. It has a good phenolic maturity and its concentrated and textured flavors give a complex, serious and balanced finish. This wine is of excellent quality and deserves our full attention. "