Francois Raquillet La Brigadiere, Mercurey, France

拉葉酒莊布里蓋德拉（梅爾居雷村）干白葡萄酒

點擊次數：3952

The 2020 Mercurey La Brigadière offers up aromas of crisp orchard fruit, lime zest, pastry cream and white flowers, followed by a medium-bodied, satiny and vibrant palate, concluding with a saline finish. It maintains a fresh, early-picked profile in this sunny vintage.

The 2019 Mercurey La Brigadière is also a fine success, delivering aromas of citrus zest, crushed rocks and fresh orchard fruit, followed by a medium to full-bodied, bright and precise palate that's framed by fine structuring extract and lively acids. 40 hectoliters of this cuvée was vinified in foudre.

Aromas of golden orchard fruit, Meyer lemon and honeysuckle introduce the 2018 Mercurey La Brigadière, a medium to full-bodied, fleshy wine that's generous and open-knit, with lively acids and a seamless, elegantly textural profile. It isn't quite as concentrated as the 2017 rendition, but it's a fine effort.

Aromas of crisp orchard fruit and white flowers introduce the 2017 Mercurey La Brigadière, a medium to full-bodied, satiny and succulent wine with a lively, layered core and a pure, well-defined finish. This is a worthy successor to the fine 2016 rendition, and it boasts even more expressive fruit tones.

The 2016 Mercurey La Brigadière is particularly good this year and well worth seeking out, offering up a classy bouquet of green orchard fruit, citrus zest and citrus blossom. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, bright and succulent, marrying flavorful generosity with stony precision. Drink it in the next 2-3 years to profit from its youthful charm.