We started the day with a tasting at Domaine Ferret in Pouilly-Fuissé, had lunch in Cluny, where we also visited the Abbey of Cluny, and stopped in Mercurey at Domaine Theulot-Jillot for a cellar tour and tasting, before finishing the day in Beaune, where we had dinner at Restaurant L’Air du Temps.
Domaine Theulot Juillot is a family domaine, which is now owned and run by Natalie Theulot, the granddaughter of the founder of the domaine, Emile Juillot, and her husband Jean-Claude Theulot.
We had a wonderful tasting and cellar tour with Nathalie Theulot and were joined later by Jean-Claude Theulot, after he returned from the vineyard.
Domaine Theulot Juillot
The family domaine of 11.5 hectares, founded by Emile Juillot in the early 1900s, was long known under the name Domaine Emile Juillot.
Nathalie Theulot, who is married to Jean-Claude Theulot, is the grand-daughter of Emile Juillot. Nathalie and Jean-Claude Theulot took over the estate in 1987, but it took some time – 20 years - before they changed the name of the estate to reflect the new ownership.
Winewise: “Old fashioned” burgundy producer, in the best sense of the words. Serious, age-worthy wines which show off both the unique aromatic joys of Pinot Noir and the particular character of the six premier cru sites of Mercurey that they cultivate. These are wines of the utmost integrity, not prettified in any way, because they do not need to be. Jean-Claude Theulot, Emile Juillot’s son-in-law, has steadily raised the renown of this estate to the top echelon of Mercurey. Fittingly, the name has been changed from “Emile Juillot” to “Theulot-Juillot” in recognition of the transformation that he has wrought.
Nathalie Theulot: Since 2004 the estate has adopted culture raisonée, the eventual aim being to convert to biodynamics, but in the meanwhile, the watchwords of the domaine are fruit, elegance and precision.
Further to no us of herbicides, Nathalie Theulot stressed in her presentation: Moderate pruning of the vine stock; removal of unwanted buds; green harvest, i.e a proportion of grape bunches are eliminated to raise the quality by reducing the quantity; hand-picked grapes into traditional wicker basket to preserve its quality; rigorous selection of the grape harvest; natural vinification; maturation in oak barrels.
About 1/3 of the production is exported, 1/3 is sold to French restaurants and 1/3 is sold at the domaine to direct consumers.
The Domaine Theulot Juillot Portfolio
The Domaine Theulot Juillot Portfolio comprises the following wines:
Bourgogne Côte chalonnaise: Belle robe - nez de fruits rouge. Souple - un vin de soif.
Mercurey "Simplement": Rondeur, finesse et fruit. Légèrement torréfié. Pour le plaisir du "débutant" ou les occasions simples.
Mercurey "Vieilles vignes": Le pinot se fait ici chaleureux, enveloppant, soyeux, presque doux... mais rafraichissant.
Mercurey "Château Mipont": Sombre, rond et dense. Le terroir exprime tout à la fois puissance et délicatesse.
Mercurey 1er Cru "La Cailloute": La finesse et l'élégance mariés à une matière riche mais souple aux saveurs de cerises et de vanilles.
Mercurey 1er Cru "Les Combins": Toute la fougue et la puissance de ce rgand terroir. Mûres et myrilles - richesse et volume, mais des tanins incroyablement dociles.
Mercurey 1er Cru "Champs Martins": Robe pourpre, nez très floral. Belle matière aux arômes envoutant de fleurs et de fruits. Belle minéralité, presque salin.
Mercurey 1er Cru "Les Croichots": Robe carmin pourpre. nez complexe de baies noires (cassis - mûres). Bouche ample et sérieuse, précise. Final de petits bonbons acidulés.
Bourgogne Côte chalonnaise Blanc: Rond et facile. Le compagnon des apéritifs ou repas simples.
Mercurey Blanc: Riche et aromatique. Arômes de fruits exotiques et belle minéralité.
Mercurey 1er Cru Blanc: Aromatique et gras. Une jolie acidité le rend cependant frais.
Crémant de Bourgogne: Beaucoup de volume et des arômes de fruits rouges pour notre Crémant. Ses bulles sont légères et fines, il conserve pureté et fraîcheur, sans aucune lourdeur.
The Wines Nathalie Poured
Vins Blancs
2013 Domaine Theulot Juillot Mercurey Lieu-dit Les Chenaults
2011 Vignobles Nathalie Theulot Rully
2013 Vignobles Nathalie Theulot Mercurey Simplement
The wines marketed under the label Vignobles Nathalie Theulot are negoce wines.
2012 Vignobles Nathalie Theulot Mercurey Pluriel
2013 Domaine Theulot Juillot Mercurey 1er Cru Champs Martin
2013 Domaine Theulot Juillot Mercurey 1er Cru Les Colombins
2009 Domaine Theulot Juillot Mercurey 1er Cru Les Champs Martins
Bye bye
Thanks for a wonderful time at Domaine Theulot Juillot in Mercurey.
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