Les Combins is one of Mercurey’s sweet-spot Premier Crus. Exposed due south, it rises from the village in a small slope flanked by the two combes of Mercurey. The domaine’s vines sit at 275 metres; mass-selection cuttings planted between 1978 and 1988. The soils are Oxfordian beige marl, and the yields are kept lower than 40 hl/ha. The winemaking is broadly similar to the Vieilles Vignes with slightly longer on skins, including a four-day cold soak to leach out the prettiest fruit without extracting tannin. The aging too is somewhat longer, 14 months instead of 12.