Pommard

Really quite smoky oaky on the nose, but on the palate this translates to an attractive spiciness. Structure a little angular for now, but this is showing well, with a finish with a density of fruit which should have no...(read more)

The 2020 Pommard Tavannes is excellent, unfurling in the glass with aromas of cherries, sweet spices, licorice and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy, with tangy acids and chalky tannins, it will age with...(read more)

Restrained nose. Velvety, silky texture from the clay in this vineyard. Dark fruit flavour. Harmonious, juicy, easy to like.

Enticing fine fruit nose with a touch of smoke. Refined palate. Good structure to the dark fruit. There is substance and freshness, but it is the elegance of this site which comes out above all. Will repay a short time i...(read more)

2016 Pommard Charmots - This is drinking really well now. Probably Pillot's wine of the vintage! Ripe and forward. Still some primary fruit but edging towards something tertiary. Touch of tobacco and mushroom with dried...(read more)

Again ripe and rich. There's a sweetness here, and a lift despite the fruit being so blackly concentrated and powerful. Finish has tiny sensation of the whole bunch fermentation, but this carries and lifts the fruit.

(80% of this vineyard was affected by hail in 2014): Dark red. Reticent but pure aromas of redcurrant, smoke and crushed herbs. Distinctly tight and a bit lean but opens out on the back end, showing good breadth and juic...(read more)

Although very fat and richer - more so than the Fremiers, even having a dense tarry element, the Grand Clos is still fresh and lively. Tannins are quite powerful but entirely in balance with this large-scaled wine. Excel...(read more)

Tasting this in the cellar, the final wine is not yet complete so we tasted the 2 constituent parts and then a final blend put together by Paul. The first part (40%) comes from the younger vines which are between 35 and...(read more)

As usual we taste the wine first in components by vine age, then a rough assemblage of the final blend. The old vines did particularly well this year, so they form the largest part of the blend, then the 45-50 year old v...(read more)

Powerful nose, and immediately appealing in the mouth. Lovely balance - a real straight-up classic - damson and cherry fruit with well-judged oak all coming together to make a very handsome fellow indeed, straight-backed...(read more)