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2015 Comte Armand Pommard 1er Cru Clos des Epeneaux

Pinot Noir

  • France
  • Burgundy
  • Côte de Beaune
  • Pommard 1er Cru

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  • nskelsey wrote: 93 points

    January 13, 2017 - Another difficult year for the Domaine for the 4th year in a row. 2012, 2013 and 2014 saw the crop decimated by hail and then in this wonderful year the vines simply haven't recovered from the battering they took in the three previous years. Just to make matters worse 2016 is looking like a bit of a car crash too; I was in the vineyard at the beginning of August and it really was a case of 'spot the grape', but that's another story. In 2015 just 15 hl/ha have been produced, somewhere in the region of 50% of a normal crop so once again Paul Zinetti has been forced to vinify all the grapes together rather than in the normal three batches of different aged vines that are then blended at a later stage. The result though is a wonderful wine. The bouquet explodes from the glass and on the palate there is an enticing compote of raspberry and cherry flavours. It's beautifully ripe and fresh and has a lingering finish. What it doesn't have is the usual blood and mineral flavours so in that sense this is a somewhat unusual offering. What is a bit bewildering as well is the seemingly total lack of tannin; this wine is drinkable now! Clos des Epeneaux is a long lived wine that often goes into hibernation a couple of years after bottling before slowly re-emerging after around 10 years. I may be wrong, but I suspect this won't happen in this case and I'll stick my neck out and say this will be drinking superbly after only 6-8 years. We shall see. This is a beautifully seductive wine if once again somewhat atypical. It reminds me somewhat of the 2009 only more ripe and luscious albeit less minerally complex. Estimated maturity: 2021-2030?

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