
2015 POMMARD 1er Cru Croix Noires Domaine de Courcel
C么te d'Or Burgundy France
13%
Red
Pinot Noir.
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.
L&S
2011 POMMARD 1er Cru Rugiens Domaine de Courcel
C么te d'Or Burgundy France
13.5%
Red
Pinot Noir.
To begin with this seems almost bizarrely soft and sexy, but then the tannins kick in and the fruit bulids and intensifies. Really dense and exciting, mineral. Spicy too on the finish, and there is still a sweetness to t...(read more)
L&S
2013 POMMARD 1er Cru Grand Clos des 脡penots Domaine de Courcel
C么te d'Or Burgundy France
13.5%
Red
Pinot Noir.
(from an enormous 4.8 ha parcel with vines ranging from 50 to 65 years of age). A deft if not invisible touch of wood sets off the fresh, elegant and pure aromas of airy red berry fruit that exhibit notes of earth, flora...(read more)
Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com
2014 POMMARD 1er Cru Grand Clos des 脡penots Domaine de Courcel
C么te d'Or Burgundy France
13.5%
Red
Pinot Noir.
(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)
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar