Tasting notes:

A négociant with wineries in Rully and Buxy, Albert Sounit produces a wide range of wines mainly from the Côte Chalonnaise. Established by the Jeanet family in 1781, the current winery was constructed in 1851. In 1993 the company was purchased by Knut Kjellerup, a Danish wine importer, and two friends, with a goal to produce highquality Bourgogne wines. This is a very good expression of Mercurey Pinot Noir. Pale ruby with a pink rim, the wine has red cherry, pomegranate and strawberry fruit with lovely blood orange, red rose and herbal notes, accented by delicate, smoky oak. Although light in style, the wine is concentrated across the palate with good flavour definition, bright acidity and velvet tannins, complex  layered and lingering. A complete wine that will match roast partridge in a juniper-red wine sauce.(Patricia Stefanowicz MW)