1988 Domaine de Courcel Pommard 1er Cru Grand Clos des Épenots

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 92 points

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  9/29/2023 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points

  Decanted. Super interesting development. Mushroom dominated with clear floral spice perfume underneath. After an hour or two, the fungus completely disappeared, with red fruit, earthiness, grilled meat and signature rough-ish vintage tannin, but so cleaned defined. 93

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  6/30/2022 - MuddyBoots wrote:

  Harvested before the Berlin Wall came down, which doesn’t of itself make the wine particularly memorable- except when you bought it on release and have witnessed it resting undisturbed in the cellar while all those years have swept on by…..alas, only to find the bottle totally corked. Time dedicated to cellaring it makes a corked bottle somehow more painful than if you bought it just last week. Oh well. On we go....

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  10/11/2017 - KCC320 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Nose: gamey, animal, herbs , tea.
  palate: gamey, tannin backbone still strong, graniy tannin, strong mineral backbone, tea finish, very matured, nicely aged pommard!

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  4/18/2015 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points

  Courcel/ Chanson Tasting with Gilles de Courcel (Chevalier Fine Wines - Chicago IL): Popped and poured mid-afternoon, served to the tasting group. Slightly musty to start, but that quickly dissipated. Mostly black fruit with subtle spice and a dense, weighty mouth feel I like in well made Pommard. Well structured, but in balance with fruit that is fresh enough I'd have thought it younger than an '88. Final glass poured 8 hours later, at which point there was more earth and mushroom, but still good flavor and balance. This was my final bottle, but well stored bottles will easily drink well another decade+.

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  8/12/2010 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Fuller color than the Jadot of the same year. What a completely different animal from that wine-brambly black fruit and licorice, medium to full bodied for a Pinot and very meaty feel. I must say that you rarely find this much flesh in an '88 Burgundy. Relatively speaking, a brute, and much less resolved than the Clos St. Jacques. Wilder and riper. I always find Pommard a bit rough and jarring, but this one was beginning to soften with its 22 years of age. Maybe my problem is that I don't hold these wines for as long as they need to soften. Very attractive in this chunkier style.

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