Faiveley Mercurey Clos Rochette Blanc 2020 (750ML)

92 JS / 91 WA

An elegant and well-structured Mercurey with fine candied-citrus and vanilla-bean aromas. Plenty of ripeness, but no hint of heaviness. In fact, this has wonderful freshness, thanks to the delicate, flinty character that drives the long and fresh finish. Drink or hold. - James Suckling

The 2020 Mercurey Blanc Clos Rochette offers up attractive aromas of pear, orange oil, clear honey, nutmeg, anise and freshly baked bread. Medium to full-bodied, ample and satiny, with lively acids, chalky structure and a saline finish, it will offer a broad drinking window. - William Kelley, Wine Advocate

The Faiveley family first produced wine from rented vines in Mercurey in 1933, finally beginning to acquire land there three decades later. Today, with over 72 hectares to their name, they number equally among the Côte Chalonnaise's most important landholders and among its qualitative reference points. If the 2019 portfolio was the finest set of wines I've ever tasted from Faiveley in this subregion, the 2020s are worthy successors: more brooding, deeper-pitched and muscular, they will demand a bit of time to show all their cards. - William Kelley, Wine Advocate