2014 Faiveley Mercurey

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 88.3 points

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  8/27/2022 - FDT Likes this wine: 90 Points

  This is the second review of this wine. The colour has reduced a little. The fruit is still there but edges a bit smoother than last time. Served with venison and chips (!!). The slight truffle aroma complemented the venison .

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  8/8/2021 - FDT Likes this wine: 89 Points

  I enjoyed this with rare beef and some bearnaise sauce.
  I found it quite light in colour and intense of fruit at 7yr old.
  I enjoyed and happy to have again

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  5/30/2020 - khmark7 wrote: 89 Points

  Very light in body and full of underbrush and pleasant tartness. The anti-California Pinot Noir style. Love it!

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  7/10/2018 - chablis28 wrote: 90 Points

  I'm very much in agreement with NineteenEightyTwo's April 2018 tasting note. Especially agree this needs air to flesh out as its a bit thin out of the gates. I enjoyed the minerality, spice and red fruit and agree it performs above its $22 price point. Although, I paid $25 but it drinks more like $40. I'll buy another btl or two if I get the chance. Easy to open for a week night and serious enough for a weekend dinner.

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  4/8/2018 - NineteenEightyTwo Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Medium-light ruby color. This was a bit closed-down straight out of the bottle, so I gave it an hour or two in the decanter, which improved things significantly. Nose of ripe red berries and abundant spicy notes of pepper and turmeric. The palate is light-bodied and very mineral-driven, expressing a bit of cinnamon and a lot of Mercurey's clay-limestone soil. This somewhat stern minerality lingers through the finish. Glad to see the Faiveley hallmarks of terroir and acidity remain through the lower-end of their range. Very good for pairing with food; this is serious enough to hold the attention of experienced wine drinkers, but not pricey enough that you'd balk at serving it to a wider audience. Superb value at the $22 I paid, but still compelling in the high-$20's, which seems more like the prevailing price.

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