Domaine du Meix Foulot, Mercurey Rouge 1er Cru "Les Veleys", 2020 Clusel Roch 2021 The grain is all New

The grain is all New York: corn

Pure Macabeu from clay-limestone soils above the Agly terraces

yet smooth tannins and a bright acidity that gives the wine freshness and balance

founded this estate in 1982 after a single glass of Chateau Montelena Chardonnay convinced him California could rival France

and aged in old French oak before being hand-bottled

Domaine du Meix Foulot, Mercurey Rouge 1er Cru "Les Veleys", 2020 Clusel Roch 2021 The grain is all NewWhile the rest of the Burgundy market races to sell the youngest, tightest vintages, Meix Foulot lets its wines arrive when they're actually ready to drink and here that means a 2020 red with six years of age already behind it. Agns de Launay runs this fiercely traditional estate as a true Mercurey specialist: not a single vine outside the village, virtually no new oak, and old, low yielding parcels on steep limestone. "Les Veleys" is the domaine's