Mercurey Premier Cru Clos du Paradis 2020 - Domaine Voarick

About the vintage : The 2018 vintage was full of richness, marked by the great maturity of the grapes with great ageing potential. Thanks to the rain at the end of August, the vines gave both abundant and very good quality yield. The white grapes were ripe, rich and powerful. Tasted a few months after the bottling, the wines tend to settle down, keeping the richness of the fruit, and developing a slight toasted and mineral reduction notes, typical of great Chardonnay. The Pinot Noir were very ripe, with a dark ruby color and a strong tannic structure: on some vintages they sometimes take on southern accents!

Terroir : Beautiful clay-limestone terroir facing south-east, on the first slope overlooking the village of Saint-Martin sous Montaigu. This sector gives early maturity to the grapes. Vines planted in the 1960s to 1990s.

Viticultural Practices : The vines are grown organically. Mechanical labour of the soil. They are pruned in simple guyot with long sticks and disbudded every other eye, so the bunches end up beautiful and airy.

Vinification : Traditional Burgundy vinification in open wooden vats.

Ageing : 12 month ageing in oak vats