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Mercurey La Plante Chassey Catherine et Dominique Derain 2013

  • Red fruit
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Enjoy with friends
  • Color: Red
  • Biodynamics
  • Natural
  • 12% 
  • 0.75L
  • Intensity
  • Light

With a delicate robe, subtle, savoury fruit and silky tannins, there is a lot of grace and elegance in this exceptional bottle!  More info

  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 1 wax capsule, 1 slightly folded label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Burgundy
  • Appellation/Wine: Mercurey
  • Producer/Owner: Catherine et Dominique Derain
  • More information....

Mercurey La Plante Chassey Catherine et Dominique Derain serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Pigeon rôti et feuilles de chou farcies au foie gras, Oeufs cocotte à la truffe, Rôti de veau aux cèpes.

  • Vintage score: 16/20
  • Lot presentation
    Mercurey La Plante Chassey Catherine et Dominique Derain

    The wine

    A pioneer of organic and biodynamic viticulture in Burgundy since the 1990s, Dominique Derain settled in Saint-Aubin in 1988. A free spirit and full of verve, and a believer in wines where authenticity and pleasure are one and the same thing, he crafts frank, living wines in Saint-Aubin, Gevrey-Chambertin, Pommard and Mercurey, where the winemaker’s sole objective is to accompany the expression of the terroir. This Mercurey is produced with a majority of Pinot Noir (hundred-year-old vines) with a very small amount of Pinot Beurot. The vines are farmed organically on south-east facing slopes of clay soils. The grapes are harvested by hand and then ferment in wooden vats before an 18-month élevage in barrel. Sulphur is only used when absolutely necessary, in tiny quantities. With a delicate robe, subtle, savoury fruit and silky tannins, there is a lot of grace and elegance in this exceptional bottle! A red that is at once crunchy and direct.

    Information about domain Catherine et Dominique Derain

    Dominique Derain, the grandson of a vine-grower, and his wife Catherine manage a 5.5 hectare vineyard in Saint-Aubin. He is one of the pioneers of biodynamics in Burgundy - his domaine has been certified since the first harvest in 1989. His wines assert a strong personality, originality and a rare expression of his terroirs.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 1 Bottle
    • Level: 1 into-neck
    • Label: 1 wax capsule, 1 slightly folded label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: no
    • Alcohol percentage: 12 %
    • Country/Region: Burgundy
    • Appellation/Wine: Mercurey
    • Producer/Owner: Catherine et Dominique Derain
    • Vintage: 2013
    • Color: Red
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Biodynamics and natural 
    • Size (in ha): 6
    • Volume: 20000
    • Intensity: Light
    • Dominant aroma: Red fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 100% Pinot noir
    Mercurey La Plante Chassey Catherine et Dominique Derain
    Mercurey La Plante Chassey Catherine et Dominique Derain

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    Mercurey La Plante Chassey Catherine et Dominique Derain 2013

    iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format