Fran?ois Racquillet's 2015 Mercurey 1er Cru Les Veleys is a very promising wine in the 2015 vintage, wafting from the glass a lavish bouquet of cherry, wild berries, dark chocolate, forest floor and espresso roast. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, richly tannic and powerful, with considerable fine-grained structure and mid-palate depth, but it will need some time to round out. This is always one of the most taut, vertical 1er crus in the Racquillet cellar, and the 2015 is no exception.