Taupenot Merme, Gevrey Chambertin other_regions low acidity

low acidity

which makes it almost shockingly easy to enjoy even now (in relative terms)

It will continue to open up over the next 10-12 years and drink well through 2040 in the style of a Chapoutier Hermitage

Asian-style tea

destemming

Taupenot Merme, Gevrey Chambertin other_regions low acidity(from Craite Paille, Les Seuvres, Belair and La Justice). This is also relatively elegant and cool with its combination of wild red cherry, sauvage and discreet spice whiffs. The precise and almost lilting middleweight flavors possess a lovely sense of tension while displaying fine length on the youthfully austere and balanced finale. This could arguably use a bit better depth, but more should develop with a few years of keeping.