CHÂTEAU DE MERCEY
MARANGES PREMIER CRU
LES CLOS ROUSSOTS 2019

This Premier Cru wine will perfectly accompany roasted poultry dishes and tasty red meats, on exotic and spicy dishes that will perfectly balance the peppery side of the wine; with also an ham or a cockerel in sauce, but also spring rolls or barbecued pork chops.

Village Appellation of the Côte de Beaune (dept. of Saône-et-Loire). The Maranges appellation includes 6 Premiers Crus « climats » (named plots). Maranges was granted its own communal AOC in 1988 covering the three villages of Cheilly-lès-Maranges, Dezize-lès-Maranges and Sampigny-lès-Maranges.

Antonin Rodet is the exclusive winegrower and distributor of the Château de Mercey estate. The castel was built in the 16th Century at the Southern limits of the Côte de Beaune. The vineyard estate extends over 40 hectares principally surrounding the Château.

Harvest on the Maranges Premier Cru Clos Roussots plot started on September 2020, the 17th and ended on the 19th. Grapes were harvested by hand and 90% destemmed to avoid any kind of bitterness or unwanted vegetal aromas.
 
Maceration lasted about 3 weeks in order to get a wine with deep color, complex aromas and as a consequence a good ageing potential.
  
Traditional vinification was then carried out in temperature-controlled concrete vats to allow us to master the fermentation temperatures thanks to the great inertia of concrete - with regular stirring and pumpings-over. Alternating those two methods is a good way to obtain balanced wines because the tannins are not too much extracted.

Then, the wine was aged for 12 months in oak barrels with 30% new oak in order to give this perfect touch of toasted aromas to the wine and its ripe tannins. The cuvée was then blended together and aged 2 more months in stainless steel tanks.