Auxey-Duresses, Domaine Taupenot-Merme 2020 vs Château La Gaffelière, Clos La Gaffelière 2019
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Château La Gaffelière, Clos La Gaffelière 2019 currently starts £0.10 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £41.40 | £41.30 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Domaine Taupenot-Merme | Château La Gaffelière |
| Style | Red | Red |
| Grape | Pinot Noir | Merlot, Cabernet Franc |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
Auxey-Duresses, Domaine Taupenot-Merme 2020
Romain at Domaine Taupenot-Merme crafts this elegant Auxey-Duresses from vineyards perched on the hillsides between Meursault and Volnay. The 2020 vintage delivers classic Burgundian charm: bright red fruit wrapped in earthy minerality, with the silky tannins that make Pinot Noir from this corner of the Côte de Beaune so appealing. Romain began harvesting on the 26th August almost 3 weeks earlier than in 2019 (16th September), but still 95 days from flowering. The entire year simply started earlier and enjoyed more sunshine. The brief frost didn’t affect any of his crop, however hydric stress was Romain’s main concern. Not a drop between 1st July and harvest ultimately had an affect on yields (which are incidentally down on 2021!). “ If only we had had even one shower” , he anguished on what might have been his greatest vintage. That being said, he was most surprised, and pleasantly so, at the high acidity still maintained from such a warm vintage, which have undoubtedly elevated all his wines from village level up. The tight, firm tannins are impeccably fine and polished and hardly noticeable.
Château La Gaffelière, Clos La Gaffelière 2019
Made primarily from Merlot, with a touch of Cabernet Franc, this second wine from Château La Gaffelière has a beautifully expressive nose, brimming with ripe red berries, dark cherries, and subtle floral notes, all wrapped in a hint of spice and earthy minerality. An authentic, pleasure-giving and easy drinking wine. Since its creation in the mid 1980s, Clos La Gaffelière has its own vat room and cellars. Ageing is done, in large part, in one and two year old barrels.
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