Domaine Michel Juillot Mercurey Les Champs Martins 2021 Chianti

Domaine Michel Juillot Mercurey Les Champs Martins 2021 ChiantiHere too there is enough reduction to push the underlying fruit to the background so be sure to give this some air if you're going to open a bottle young. More interesting are the generous, round and plump medium bodied flavors that possess a suave mouthfeel before terminating in a rustic, moderately austere and solidly long finish. 89 points Burghound

cassis and licorice (98 - 100)

pillowy and vinous palate with a concentrated core of fruit and a racy

Boréal comes from his north-facing vineyards of Pinot Noir in the commune of Buxières-sur-Acre

where flashes of sweet tobacco and warm earth peek through

and I can’t imagine an Oregon summer without our berries

it charges out of the gate with bold expressions of warm cassis

it is harvested by hand and fermented by natural yeasts in a French oak demi-muid

and 1% Viognier that was fermented with 40% whole clusters and aged 20 months in 25% new French and Hungarian oak

gamey dark fruits

strawberry

spice/anise

mouth-filling tannins that linger through the finish