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BURGUNDY NOUVELLES
DE BOISSET
FALL 2021
A very promising
vineyard in Mercurey
Antonin Rodet has a long history of improving the quality of
its wines and currently operates 74 hectares of vineyards on
the Côte Chalonnaise, Côte de Beaune, and Hautes Côtes de
Beaune. Its three estates of Domaine de la Bressande, Château
de Mercey, and Château de Rully were all awarded the level three
High Environmental Value label following the 2020 harvest.
The gradual conversion of the lyre-shaped vines village on the other. This beautiful terroir, with its
of the Hautes Côtes into taller, wider shapes has deep, fairly stony soil, really benefited from the
been ongoing since 2018. Some 0.60 hectares of unusually rainy weather conditions this year to
Pinot Noir were replanted last year and 2.8 this year. establish itself firmly in this beautiful north-west
And this spring saw the planting of a new one- facing soil.
hectare plot of Pinot Noir in the center of the This pretty vineyard in the Bourgogne AOC
appellation that sits alongside some prestigious has everything it needs to rise up through the
neighbors with the old premier cru vines of hierarchy – watch this space!
Mercurey En Sazenay on one side and Mercurey
16 www.rodet.com AntoninRodet @antonin_rodet
