2022 Domaine Michel Juillot Mercurey 1er Cru "Champs Martin"

The 2022 vintage of les Champs Martins from Laurent Juillot is nicely balanced in this warm vintage, coming in at an even fourteen percent octane. These are now nice old vines, having been planted in 1974 and the wine delivers a deep, refined and complex aromatic constellation of black cherries, black plums, a touch of fresh nutmeg, raw cocoa, complex soil tones, woodsmoke, a touch of spiced meats and cedary new oak. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, tangy and black fruity in personality, with a sappy core of fruit, excellent soil signature, ripe, fine-grained tannins and outstanding length and grip on the complex and very vibrant finish. This will need some extended cellaring to soften up its tannins, but it is going to be outstanding in due course! 2035-2075.