This new cuvée is the modern expression of a champagne to be enjoyed simply at home, and highlights the original use of Pinots Noirs and Meunier grapes. This wine is in keeping with the Mercier style: “Fresh, Fruity and Intense”, with subtle notes of grapefruit and white peach. Surprisingly, its delicate, gourmet structure transitions from effervescence to a creamy texture on the palate.
Anticonformist and in tune with the times, this Mercier champagne will find an ideal place between foie gras and capon with dried fruit, before concluding with the traditional log … with coffee.
A sparkling gift whose intense fruity notes, spontaneity and fresh aromas will undoubtedly be a gourmet asset on your beautifully decorated tables.
Tasting notes
Le Mercier Blanc de Noirs has a beautiful yellowish-grey, slightly amber color. The olfactory impressions are intense, very fruity, characterized by red and black fruits bordering on cherry, strawberry and raspberry jam. The yellow fruit develops into a combination of crisp nectarine and exotic pink grapefruit, yellow plums, white peaches and pineapple.
Floral aromas (roses and lychees) complement the vegetal freshness of petioles and redcurrants.
The structure on the palate is original, surprising, elegant and delicate, more tonic than vinous. It leaves the palate fresh, refreshed by fruity notes with a hint of licorice. The effervescence becomes creamy, the palate is greedy, full-bodied without excess, and the finish energetic and taut.
The cellar master: the style of wine
Mercier has always been where you least expect it. In 2006, for example, Mercier became one of the first major champagne brands to appoint a woman, Monique Charpentier, as head cellar master. Her non-conformist character matched the Mercier spirit perfectly. Today, Christophe Bonnefond is the cellar master who brings energy and style to the Mercier Champagne collection. For him, making Champagne for Mercier “remains a great pleasure, a great passion, a great emotion.”
Since 1858, one cellar master after another has reproduced, perpetuated and modernized Mercier’s style in a champagne that’s always in tune with the times. “I feel like an heir to the style, because I’ve been helping to make Mercier wines for over 20 years. I’m the guardian of this heritage, which is passed down from cellar master to cellar master, and of course, the guarantor of quality.
In addition to his vision, Christophe Bonnefond masters and reinterprets the Mercier style through blending, aging bottles in the cellar to reveal them at the optimum moment.
“What amazes me to this day is the complexity and richness that comes from blending. I’m surprised to see how each grape variety – Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier – reveals its qualities in the blend, which is always more beautiful than each grape variety taken separately.”
The freshness and fruitiness of the wine are the most difficult aspects to express. The cellar master therefore works on blending grape varieties and crus. The Pinots Noirs bring accents of red fruit, certain crus of Meunier offer notes of apple and pear, and the Chardonnays reveal citrus notes, all in an airy, obvious texture.
Quite simply, it’s a complexity of varietal and vintage aromas. And Christophe Bonnefond adds: “The easily perceptible and recognizable fruit aromas are appreciated by our consumers, resulting in a fruity, bold, spontaneous and authentic champagne. Mercier is a champagne with a simple, recognizable taste.
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