The timeless elegance of Mercurey. Domaine Raquillet "Mercury Vielles Vignes" 2022 comes from old vines, offering remarkable concentration and complexity, typical of the Mercurey appellation. Highlights pinot noir with rich and refined aromas, reflecting the excellence of the Burgundian terroir. The know how of Domaine Raquillet ensures careful and respectful vinification, producing a wine of great finese and consistent quality.

Coming from a long ancestry of 11 generations of father-to-son winegrowers, François Raquillet took over the estate in 1990 with his wife, Emmanuelle. The estate grows 14 hectares of vines and provides a wide range of white and red wines. Mercurey is a Côte Chalonnaise village appellation. It is one of the most important wine appellations in Burgundy with 670 hectares of vines.

Completely destemmed then gravity fed into stainless steel containers, the grapes are then placed in vats for cold (12°) pre-fermentation maceration for 5 days. Fermentation occurs naturally with indigenous yeasts present on the grapes and in the fermenting cellar. Alcoholic fermentation in vats and malolactic fermentation in barrels. Very little punching down of the cap, pumping over twice a day on a daily basis is preferred. Devatting after 12 to 15 days followed by pressing. Pressed juice and free-run juice are combined before being kept in barrels for 12 months (20% new barrels). After light filtration, the wine is bottled.