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MERCUREY
A generous aromatic expression
The harvests
The harvesting of the 74.6 ha (184.34 ac) we have in
production this year across the three estates began
on August 24th and finished on September 16th. In
some areas, patience was called for and over-hasty
harvesting was to be avoided. The health of the vines
and grapes was very satisfactory. However, unripe
berries had to be carefully separated out from the
ripe grapes.
24 August: the Pinot Noirs from Rully village followed
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by the Chardonnays of the Rully 1er cru Bressande.
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16 September: final curtain with the Hautes-Côtes
de Beaune reds.
The vines reacted very differently according to their Initial tastings
location and right up to the harvest it was necessary to
monitor grape ripeness closely due to significant hydric ‘The quality of 2020’s wine will become obvious over
stress leading to different levels of ripeness within time as it’s barrel-aged but we can already see it
the same plot. On the Château de Mercey, Château boasts satisfactory balance, promising colour for the
de Rully and Domaine de la Bressande estates, the reds and some tension but also aromatic generosity
Rully, Mercurey and Maranges vines for the most part in the whites.’
coped well with the conditions, because these terroirs ANNE-LAURE HERNETTE
benefit from groundwater flow which partly made up
for the lack of rainfall.
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