2007-POMMARD-1er-Cru-Grand-Clos-des-Épenots-Domaine-de-Courcel

POMMARD

2007 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%
Vineyard Grand Clos des Épenots

Rich nose, damask rose and deep red fruit, opulent palate, muscular even. Fleshy with fine tannins. Pure and long, just a little tight on the finish at present. L&S (Dec 2008)


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Drinking now at the point of perfection, with expressive mulberry and blackcurrant fruit, hints of flowers and a bit of gingery spice. The texture is silky and expressive, and there is an undercurrent of dark chocolate on the palate, showing the supple tannic structure to superb advantage. Although the 2007 vintage is not among the most concentrated vintage of this wine, it is at a peak now and should hold for some time at this level – marvellous. Drinking range: 2024 - 2040 Rating: 96 Charles Curtis MW, Decanter.com (Apr 2024)

Wood smoke, burley tobacco, and leather on the nose of Courcel's 2007 Pommard Grand Clos des Epenots proceed to accent ripe, lightly-cooked cherry and blackberry on the palate. Like the corresponding 2008, this shows its tannins less flatteringly and more obviously than its stable mates, but there is ample glycerin to help smooth things, with leather and tobacco dominating in a long if only moderately sweetly-fruited finish. I would speculate on cellaring this for 4-6 years, but check it out again periodically for a sense of how the tannins are evolving. Rating: 89 David Schildknecht, The Wine Advocate (Feb 2012)

This is also notably ripe and quite densely fruited with a mix of underbrush, warm earth, game and red currant aromas that introduce dense, serious, robust, indeed even burly flavors that are so primary that it’s clear that this needs more time in barrel before it’s bottled. Confuron explained that the malo was late with this wine and it shows. 2017+ Rating: 90-92 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (May 2009)

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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