Faiveley Domaine de la Framboisière Mercurey 1er Cru Clos des Myglands 2011

Well I got my  wish to eat duck for Christmas dinner, we got invited round to join some friends, and what better way to celebrate with a bottle of red burgundy from one of my favourite negociants and producers.

Faiveley's Mercurey 1er Cru Clos des Myglands 2011 was full of cherry fruit with all the flavour of the
Côte Chalonnaise terroir. The wine was perfectly balanced for acidity, tannin and sweetness ( or rather dryness) with a long length on the palate. The wine was complex and concentrated. It was the perfect foil for the game taste of the duck.

We bought this wine in France and at 25 plus Euros a bottle it is rather expensive. However, for  me it was worth every penny. It is exceptionally good wine and compares favourably with its more illustrious cousins from the Côte de Nuits some of whom charge stratospheric prices for wine that is quite often no better.

The 2010 is fresh but it can be drunk now. But, it will mature for 5 years or longer when it will improve in the bottle. Why not spoil yourself for the New Year but wait until you go to France as it is much cheaper here than in the UK. Readers in the USA can probably buy bottles at a much more reasonable price than the UK.

http://frederickwildman.com/national/wine/domaine-faiveley/mercurey-rouge-1er-cru-clos-des-myglands/2010