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  • Country ranking ?

    1 510
  • Producer ranking ?

    7
  • Decanting time

    -
  • When to drink

    Now

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The Story

Ask the average Frenchman to name one champagne house their answer would probably be Mercier. For all of its present popularity, Mercier Champagne House owes its biggest debt of gratitude to its founder, Eugène Mercier. He was a man endowed with amazing energy, innovative vision and a flair for extraordinary publicity stunts, and he was only twenty years-old! His simple ambition was to bring high-quality champagne to everyday folk which he acc...

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World’s eighth wonder

One of Éugene Mercier's greatest publicity stunts was a giant, twenty-tonne ‘Cathedral of Champagne’ cask – the world’s largest wine barrel. He wanted to build it from old Hungarian oak trees. For this reason, he sent his cooper, fittingly named Jolibois (literally ‘pretty woods’), to Hungary to handpick 150 oak trees, each of which were at least one hundred years old, which would be cut down for the vat’s construction...

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Tasting note

color

Deep, Amber and Bright

ending

Long, Round and Lingering

flavors

Mint, Apricot, Waxy, Mineral, Nutty and Sherry-like

nose

Mature, Generous, Charming and Forward

taste

Average in Acidity, Balanced, Good texture, Complex, Tired, Medium-bodied, Average, Round, Harmonious, Elegant and Dry

Verdict

Fine

Written Notes

With slightly more mousse and freshness I would have melted utterly when faced with this wine. As should be the case with a 1959, one must put one's trust in power and authority. The aftertaste is extremely smoky and very long.

  • 90p
Good looking normal size bottle. Colour is amber, and looking bright and deep. On the nose it is open, mature, generous, charming and forward. The taste is round, harmonious, and dry, and average in acidity, medium-bodied, with balanced, good texture structure, tired and the palate is average. On the palate it is layered and has apricot, nutty, sherry-like, waxy, mineral and mint flavours. The finish is long, round and lingering. This wine is fine. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 1-5 years.
- (Tasting note created by Tb's AI)
  • 87p
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Origin

Épernay, Champagne
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