POMMARD PREMIER CRU
LES CHARMOTS 2018
POMMARD PREMIER CRU
LES CHARMOTS 2018
Varietal
Tasting notes
Nose: intense aromas of blackcurrant, blueberry and raspberry enhanced by vanilla and toasted bread notes.
Palate: a powerful wine with a nice length, intense fruit and present but well-integrated tannins.
Food and wine pairing
Serving suggestions
Ageing potential
Origins
The climat “Les Charmots” is located mid-slope just north of the village with an heavenly south-east exposure. Here the soil is rich in clay which gives their strength to the wines, and tinted with red for its richness in iron.
The name "Les Charmots" can come from hornbeams that might have grown there once or from the fact that it was an uncultivated land before people started growing vines (from tje latin word CALMIS/CALMA which means stony land).
Vinification and maturing
Then, it was casked into oak barrels for a 14-month ageing period during which its powerful structure will build and its tannins will silken. For that reason especially, we chose to use 20% new oak barrels.
Vintage : 2018
Once again, the 2018 vintage in Burgundy offered the vision scenario of an early harvest. It was already the case in 2017, and 2018 was even earlier! This vintage comes in the earliest harvest palmares compare to the norm (around the 20th of September) and come just in the second place after the unforgettable 2003 vintage when harvest between the 20 and the 25th of August in the Côte d’Or department.
All along the year 2018, the weather was very diverse, even atypical according to the month and the area. After a rainy start in the year, the spring period was very summery with sunshine above the seasonal norms and quite scarce rain.
This trend continued until the harvest with a very hot and dry summer, this allowed the grapes to finish their maturation early. Harvest started on the 20th of August and lasted until the third week of September… a particularly long amplitude.
At least quality is here for this 2018 vintage, but also quantity. Grapes arrived to the winery with a perfect state of health. Concentrated, structured, generous, rich and powerful are some of the adjectives that characterize this magnificent vintage.