In November, the table turns to game. It is for game that the winemaker intends his village pinot noir.
In Mercurey, in the Côte Chalonnaise, Domaine de Suremain produces only wines of the Mercurey appellation. The family has been making wine there for seven generations, according to the estate, at Château du Bourgneuf.
The estate presents Loïc, the winemaker, as a man of the land and a hunter. His aim fits in one sentence: to harvest healthy, ripe grapes in controlled quantity, at the cost of a great deal of work in the vineyard and a reasoned approach.
The Mercurey Village Rouge 2024 is 100% pinot noir, planted on clay-limestone soils. The estate describes it as structured, expressive and easy to drink, with pleasant acidity. It describes supple, fine tannins, a precise framework, and aromas of very ripe red and black fruit: raspberry, blackcurrant, cherry.
That leaves the pairing. The estate suggests game, furred or feathered, just as the winemaker himself likes to imagine it. The winemaker is a hunter, and the dish he imagines is a game dish.
In this bottle, one village, one grape variety, one soil. An estate that makes only Mercurey has no other appellation to stand behind: the village red is its signature.
Details: Mercurey, 2024 vintage. Ex-cellar price including VAT: €23 at the estate. Tel. +33 3 85 98 04 92 · domaine-de-suremain.com · [email protected].
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