Taupenot Merme, Auxey Duresses 1er Cru other_regions_italy The wine is ripe at

The wine is ripe at 15% alcohol and has a pH of 3

The 2007 Descendant is composed of 92% Shiraz and 8% Viognier sourced from a single vineyard

the 2022 El Bardallo changes from a single-vineyard to a paraje (lieu-dit) wine and includes more plots in the same place to increase the volume of wine produced

licorice and dried flowers

There is even better vibrancy to the nicely detailed and equally attractively textured medium weight flavors that also display a touch of grippiness on the bitter pit fruit-suffused finish

Taupenot Merme, Auxey Duresses 1er Cru other_regions_italy The wine is ripe at(from Les Duresses and Grands Champs). An exuberantly fresh nose of earth and ripe dark berry fruit and black cherry is trimmed in a background touch of wood. There is good volume to the rich, round and very supple flavors that possess good volume and phenolically mature tannins, all wrapped in a balanced finish that displays only mild rusticity. 88 2017+