Taupenot Merme, Auxey Duresses 1er Cru Vintage:2011 This was all destemmed and

This was all destemmed and spent 14 months in 37% new French oak

round and utterly delicious middleweight flavors possess good if not excellent intensity before terminating in a youthfully austere focused and moderately firm finale that could also use better depth

a touch of iodine even

The exceptionally rich

A slightly riper set of red and black pinot fruit aromas enjoys added latitude by the presence of strong earth

Taupenot Merme, Auxey Duresses 1er Cru Vintage:2011 This was all destemmed and(from Les Duresses and Grands Champs). An exuberantly fresh nose of earth and ripe dark berry fruit and black cherry is trimmed in a background touch of wood. There is good volume to the rich, round and very supple flavors that possess good volume and phenolically mature tannins, all wrapped in a balanced finish that displays only mild rusticity. 88 2017+