Domaine Olivier Merlin Macon La Roche Vineuse

Olivier Merlin is an old-school wine maker who prides himself on crafting non-manipulated wines with low yields in the Mâconnais. Olivier’s wines are proof that wine from the Maconnais can be serious, long-lived, and delicious. Since starting his domaine in 1987 with his wife Corinne, he has worked tirelessly to promote the wines of the region, and amidst trends that have come and gone, Olivier can be considered as one of the region’s benchmark producers. Their two sons, Théo and Paul, officially joined the estate in 2017 with the new management of old vines in Mâcon, Saint-Véran and Pouilly-Fuissé.

Vines planted from 1984 to 2004. The soils are Bathonian and Bajocian era clay-limestone. The majority of the wine is fermented in stainless steel tanks with around 10% going into older Burgundian barrels. The wine goes through malolactic fermentation and is bottled after 15 months of aging without being fined.