Domaine Olivier Merlin Macon La Roche Vineuse Vieille Vignes 2018

Olivier's old-vine La Roche Vineuse bottling comes from a 3 hectare parcel planted in the mid-1950s. The soils are Bathonian and Bajocian era clay-limestone.

The wine is fermented entirely in barrel of different ages: 15% new, 25% one year old, 25% two years old, 25% three years old, and 10% four years old. It is aged in barrel for a year and then in tank for three months before being bottled without being fined.