Description
Mercurey ‘La Plante Chassey’ 2024 is a natural wine crafted by , in the Burgundy region in . This red wine is made with grapes from vines over 100 years old.
This parcel is located at the bottom of the hillsides on marl, facing east. Vinification of Le Plante Chassey 2023 is in conical wooden vats with grapes 70% destemmed. 15 days of maceration occurs before then aging for 10 months on lees in 228 L barrels.
Expect an earthy and soulful red Burgundy ready for aging.
Who runs Domain Derain in Burgundy?
Julien Altaber now runs the domaine with his wife and partner Carole Schwab, and interestingly founder Dominique Derain is also never too far away, still involved in the cellar tastings, even waxing the bottles when not travelling to other vineyards across the world in retirement. Julien Altaber and Carole also run the winery Sextant from the same cellar. This began as a side project for Julien when he was the right hand man for Dominque Derain over many years before taking over the estate. Now both are run side by side.
