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• Eudemis Likes this wine:

  January 21, 2024 - 12.5% alcohol. The cork is of medium length but of vg quality; penetrated by wine a quarter of the way on average. Light colour with significant thinning at the rim (no bricking though).
  There is a lovely cherry aspect to the nose; very pure with no sign of oak. Some tertiary aromas start to develop. Equally harmonious and red fruited in the mouth with great liveliness and vg length.
  Highly satisfying for those who believe that Pinot Noir is at its best when it displays delicacy and elegance rather than power or lushness.
  Pretty affordable when I bought it, no idea of current prices.

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• HowardNZ Likes this wine: 91 points

  June 12, 2022 - Another bottle. Notes as previously. Held up well over three evenings in its savoury, earthy, nicely evolved style. Now drinking on its optimal plateau until around 2028+.

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• HowardNZ Likes this wine: 91 points

  February 9, 2022 - Drinking similarly to in my previous TNs. Red fruited, earthy, savoury and attractively evolved. Dry brush and dried herbs. Well balanced. Racy acidity. A bit of feral, sous bois, very dry, nothing sweet. Tannins nicely resolved and reasonable alcohol (12.5% ABV). I don’t think it will improve from here. On the other hand there is no imminent danger of it suddenly falling over. Drink by something like 2028.

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• HowardNZ Likes this wine: 91 points

  May 20, 2021 - Light ruby with a little garnet and watery at the rim. Raspberries, red cherries, dried herbs, tobacco smoke and red plums. Light bodied, pleasantly lean and savoury. Clean and dry with fresh acids. Fine, refined tannins, now well integrated. Also now - seemingly - drinking in its prime, over the next 8-10 or so years, I suspect. A lovely Mercurey Villages from a top vintage.

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• BigChalice Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 7, 2020 - Cherries, plumbs, tobacco, hint of licorice and earth. Delicious and ready for drinking. Should last at least another 5 years but prob much more

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type Red
• Producer A. et P. de Villaine
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Les Montots
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte Chalonnaise
• Appellation Mercurey
• UPC Code 761503322579

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• Pending Delivery 15 (7%)
• In Cellars 93 (41%)
• Consumed 121 (53%)

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