Buy Domaine Tupinier-Bautista online “Manu Bautista is making some of the most expressive, complex, age-worthy reds in the Côte Chalonnaise right now.”Tim Atkin, Decanter Magazine January 2020 Manu Bautista, based in Mercurey in the Cote Chalonnaise, is an engaging man to taste with. A whirlwind of gestures, snorts, laughter, and general enthusiasm, it is clear […]
From a single walled vineyard with rich, deep soil. Cassis and mulberry, utterly delicious nose. Cool yet rich, ripe dark fruit, pure, pleasing, with fine structure and a charcoal note on the finish. This will drink well young on its fruit, just lovely. 2021+ “Round and charming, if arguably less purist than the Vieilles Vignes […]
There is something immensely comforting about these names, they are like old friends we know so well but still look forward to meeting; they always teach us something new. I haven’t written yards of purple prose about each bottle, now doesn’t seem the time for soil type and vineyard elevation; rather I have spent my […]
“The 2018 Mercurey 1er Cru Les Vellées has also turned out beautifully, wafting from the glass with an inviting bouquet of red cherries, plums and cassis mingled with hints of violets and dark chocolate. Medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, its concentrated core of fruit is underpinned by powdery tannins and impressively lively acids that lend this Mercurey terrific energy.”
William Kelley Wine Advocate June 2020
“Wonderfully crunchy, fresh and elegant”
Tim Atkin MW, Decanter, January 2020
“Mid crimson. Pure and smooth with no shortage of fruit. Already a charmer with a convincingly dry finish after all that fruit. VGV (Very good value)”
Jancis Robinson www.jancisrobinson.com January 2020
