Taupenot Merme, Charmes Chambertin 2024

Taupenot-Merme’s Charmes-Chambertin 2024 is an elegant and finely detailed red Burgundy from one of the Côte de Nuits’ most celebrated Grand Cru vineyards. Crafted from Pinot Noir and shaped by a terroir-focused approach, it combines the depth associated with Charmes-Chambertin with the finesse and subtlety that define this respected Morey-Saint-Denis domaine.

Tasting Notes
The wine displays a deep ruby colour, with an inviting bouquet of red and black fruits alongside nuanced savoury, animal notes reminiscent of musk. With bottle age, hints of liquorice and further earthy complexity are likely to emerge. On the palate, it is refined and graceful, balancing concentrated fruit with supple tannins, fresh acidity and a long, harmonious finish. Despite its polished character, this is a wine built for development. It can be enjoyed in its youth for its fragrant fruit and elegant texture, but should gain depth, savoury complexity and greater aromatic definition with several years in the cellar. A suitable decant can help open the wine when served young.

Production
Charmes-Chambertin is a Grand Cru climat of the Côte de Nuits, known for producing Pinot Noir with both richness and finesse. Taupenot-Merme harvests the grapes by hand before a cold pre-fermentation maceration lasting 8–10 days at 10°C. Fermentation and maceration continue for a further 7–9 days, with daily manual pigeage and controlled remontage. The wine is then gently pressed using a pneumatic press at low pressure, allowing careful tannin extraction, and matured for 15–18 months in oak barrels, 40–50% of which are new.

Food & Serving
Serve at approximately 16–18°C, allowing the wine to warm gently in the glass. It pairs beautifully with refined dishes such as roasted duck, saddle of venison, beef fillet, game birds, mushroom-based preparations and mature, delicately flavoured cheeses. When young, decant for around 30–60 minutes; older bottles are best handled carefully and may only need a brief decant to separate the wine from any sediment.

Producer
Domaine Taupenot-Merme is based in Morey-Saint-Denis in the heart of Burgundy and officially dates back to 1963, when Jean Taupenot and Denise Merme married. The family’s involvement in viticulture, however, reaches back to the 18th century. Today, the seventh generation, Virginie and Romain Taupenot, oversee approximately 19 hectares planted with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The domaine is recognised for wines of finesse and complexity, achieved through careful vineyard work, hand harvesting and a restrained, minimally interventionist approach in the cellar.

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