POMMARD

2010 1er Cru Grand Clos des Épenots Domaine de Courcel

Grapes Pinot Noir
Colour Red
Origin France, Burgundy
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Beaune
Village Pommard
Classification 1er Cru
ABV 13.5%
Vineyard Grand Clos des Épenots

Spicy, liquorice, bright red and fresh. A firm tonic dryness gives a solid monumental feel; big blocks of stone. Fruit amplifies on finish - long and satisfying. L&S (Nov 2011)


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The aromas are beginning to open up nicely, with hints of forest floor, cedar and saddle leather colouring the ripe currant and pomegranate fruit. The texture is firm but not astringent, the oak is very well integrated, and the finish lingers invitingly with complex spice and mineral notes. Drinking well now and should continue to improve for another 20 years. Really top quality. Drinking range: 2024 - 2060 Rating: 96 Charles Curtis MW, Decanter.com (Apr 2024)

The 2010 Pommard Grand Clos des Epenots 1er Cru has a detailed, mineral-driven bouquet with cranberry, strawberry, sage and oregano that develops more intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied, finely balanced with a grippy and quite dense finish. This is a true Pommard, a little austere but with such freshness and tension. I can envisage this meliorating over the next decade. Drinking range: 2018 - 2032 Rating: 92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Jul 2018)

Medium-deep color. Lovely, modern-styled, food-friendly nose offers notes of black cherry, cinnamon, herbs, green pepper and spice. Rich, powerful, dense and young on the palate. The fruit is sweet and the noticeable tannins are soft. Wine #11 has pronounced acidity, which moves things along at a good clip. It's perfectly balanced, turning dry toward the end of an extra-long finish. Needs time to settle down, but already terrific. Rating: 93+ Howard Kaplan, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (Sept 2014)

Domaine de Courcel

One of the great domaines of Pommard, with a 400 year history in the same family. The domaine produces a small amount of Bourgogne Chardonnay, a completely over-performing Bourgogne Rouge, a village Pommard (Vaumuriens, 1.44 ha), but the biggest part of the domaine consists of four great Premier Cru expressions of the terroir of Pommard, Fremiers (0.79 ha), Croix Noires (0.58 ha), Grand Clos des Epenots (4.89 ha) and Rugiens (1.07 ha). These represent a very different style to the Clos des Épeneaux of Comte Armand, for example. Yves Confuron, the régisseur, describes the difference between the two top wines by saying that the Grand Clos is 'terreux' while the Rugiens is 'aérien'.

The aim is to limit yields to around 25hl/ha, to attain optimum ripeness. The vines are ploughed, and pruned carefully to suit each one, then de-budded in spring and green-harvested in August to keep the fruit load balanced. Following Yves' usual practice the harvest is late and the vatting is long - usually around a month, with a cold maceration leading into a cool fermentation, and a long post-fermentation soak under the protection of the carbon dioxide given off by the fermentation. The wines are developed in barrel over 21 to 23 months, with a third of the barrels being replaced each year. After racking they are bottled without fining or filtration.

The domaine produces wines with astonishing depth and density that still retain the freshness, just like Yves' own wines at Domaine Confuron-Cotetidot. They are classic vins de garde and patience is advised - and will be amply rewarded.

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