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2005 Nicolas Potel Pommard 1er Cru Les Fremiers

Pinot Noir

  • France
  • Burgundy
  • Côte de Beaune
  • Pommard 1er Cru
CT88 9 reviews

Community Tasting Notes 8

  • Barnaby33 wrote:

    April 28, 2020 - Last bottle. With half an hour of air the tannins start to relax the fruit becomes a bit sweeter and while this is never going to wow, it certainly i s the best of the 4 I've had over the years. A bit bitter on the finish (though is a good way) and red fruit (raspberry) on the palette. A bit of heat seems to mar it, but not terribly.

  • Barnaby33 wrote:

    April 8, 2017 - PnP from cellar and allowed to warm up in glass for half an hour before assessing. Light cherry or even blood orange, followed by pepper and some stemminess on the nose. There is slight earthy quality framing the tart fruit and giving it a sweetness, but for me it's tough to describe. Certainly there is more aroma than my last note.

    Drunk over two hours the wine opened up some. It was certainly balanced, if a bit tart. For me however there was just this persistent feeling like there should be more on the mid-palette. Better than my last bottle but still not a great wine.

    Maybe in another year the next bottle will inch a bit closer to good Burgundy.

    Day 2 poured the last glass. Slightly oxidized, slightly hotter. On the nose still getting some tart cherry and now blackberry and a bit of earth and stemminess. The fruit was DOA. It seems to have come back a bit, mostly to tart cherry.

    Are we all just drinking this to young, or are our expectations to high?

  • Barnaby33 wrote:

    April 2, 2016 - When first opened the nose gave me great hope. Pine resin, fading to black pepper and red fruits. The palette however told a different story. The fruit finally showed up after 30-40 minutes, but was muted. It seemed a bit tired, and certainly not of premier cru quality. Not a bad bottle, just not anything really good either.

    I've been holding onto my 05s on the advice that it's a monster year and needs time. With this bottle that advice seems not to have panned out.

  • jmht wrote: 88 points

    September 2, 2015 - Not as disappointing as others' have described it... cherry, strawberry/cherry liqueur, high pitched floral aromas, palate of same plus structure and somewhat chewy. Not profound, but pleasant to drink alone or with food.

  • cookie7 wrote:

    May 10, 2015 - Disappointing - hardly any fruit left. I doubt it is in a dumb phase. Will just bury the last bottle and hope age helps - but I have my doubts.

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Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2005
  • Type Red
  • Producer Nicolas Potel
  • Varietal Pinot Noir
  • Designation n/a
  • Vineyard Les Fremiers
  • Country France
  • Region Burgundy
  • SubRegion Côte de Beaune
  • Appellation Pommard 1er Cru
  • UPC Code 089744756213

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  • In Cellars 104 (61%)
  • Consumed 67 (39%)

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