Last call - only 5 left!

Domaine Taupenot-Merme Morey-St-Denis 2018

  • 93 Decanter
90 98
81 98
Save $9.00 (10%)
OFFER Take $20 off your order of $100+
Ships today if ordered in next 6 hours
You purchased the 2018 4/13/20
1
Limit Reached
You purchased the 2018 4/13/20
Alert me about new vintages and availability
Domaine Taupenot-Merme Morey-St-Denis 2018  Front Bottle Shot
Domaine Taupenot-Merme Morey-St-Denis 2018  Front Bottle Shot Domaine Taupenot-Merme Morey-St-Denis 2018  Front Label

Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2018

Size
750ML

Your Rating

0.0 Not For Me NaN/NaN/N

Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Wilder, more stony, and excellent spice and silky fruit, Les poireaux, Les Crais, and En Sevrey are the three plots in this. Energy and lovely purity, saline and long with delicacy on the finish.

Professional Ratings

  • 93
    Romain Taupenot uses grapes from three village sources - mostly Les Porroux with components from Les Crais and En Seuvrey - and it's well up to the high quality of previous releases. Spicy, chalky and aromatic, with 25% new wood, commendable finesse and palate length and ripe, textured red fruit flavours.

Other Vintages

2017
  • 92 Decanter
2014
  • 94 Decanter
  • 90 Wine
    Spectator
Domaine Taupenot-Merme

Domaine Taupenot-Merme

View all products
Domaine Taupenot-Merme, France
Located in the village of Morey St Denis, Domaine Taupenot-Merme was created in 1963 from the marriage of Jean Taupenot and Denise Merme. It is now run by the brother and sister team of Romain and Virginie Taupenot. For many years, two different estates operated simultaneously, one in Morey St Denis and one in St Romain. These were then merged when Romain took over in 1998. Romain likes to fly under the radar–a soft-spoken man with a gentle demeanor and an outstanding knowledge of the region who makes classic wines of purity and finesse. The Domaine is spread quite widely throughout the Cote, boasting 13 hectares of vines over 20 appellations, striking a good balance between Grand Cru, Premiers Cru and Village wines. Each of the domaine’s wines speak to a sense of place, illustrating typicity punctuated with a signature of impressive aromatics, chiseled tannins and silky texture. Romain moved from lutte raisonnee to organic viticulture in 2001, with a winemaking approach which is very hands-off. He talks of infusion not extraction, with fermentation occurring naturally with indigenous yeasts before the grapes go into the pneumatic press. The elevage is also simple, with Romain employing mostly two tonneliers–Francois and Mercurey. Ageing is between 12 to 14 months on fine lees and no racking, with Grand Cru wines seeing 40% new oak, 30% for 1er Crus and about 20% for Village wines. Wines are then transferred to stainless steel tanks for 3 month prior to bottling, with neither fining nor filtration.
Image for Pinot Noir content section
View all products

Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”

Image for Morey-St-Denis Wine Cote de Nuits, Burgundy content section

Morey-St-Denis Wine

Cote de Nuits, Burgundy

View all products

While Morey-St-Denis of Burgundy might not get the same attention as its neighbors, Gevrey-Chambertin to the north and Chambolle-Musigny to the south, there is no reason why it shouldn’t. The same line of limestone runs from the Combe de Lavaux in Gevrey—all the way through Morey—ending in Chambolle.

There are four grand cru vineyards, moving southwards from the border with Gevrey-Chambertin: Clos de la Roche, Clos St-Denis, Clos des Lambrays, Clos de Tart and a small segment of Bonnes-Mares overlapping from Chambolle. Clos de la Roche is probably the finest vineyard, giving wines of true depth, body, and sturdiness for the long haul than most other vineyards.

Pinot Noir from Morey-St-Denis is known for its deep red cherry, blackcurrant and blueberry fruit. Aromas of spice, licorice and purple flowers are present in the wines’ youth, evolving to forest and game as the wine ages.

KMT18FTA13_2018 Item# 780170

Internet Explorer is no longer supported.
Please use a different browser like Edge, Chrome or Firefox to enjoy all that Wine.com has to offer.

It's easy to make the switch.
Enjoy better browsing and increased security.

Yes, Update Now

Search for ""