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POMMARD BIO 2010

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2022

Varietal

100% Pinot Noir.

Tasting notes

Visual: A crystal, clear, cherry red.

Nose: Complex and powerful, predominantly fruity (Morello cherries, citrus fruits, fresh figs). Oaky with scents of woodland undergrowth and spices.

Palate: Pommard wines are firm with a lot of colour and a vivid ouquet. Ours is powerful and robust with flavours of cherries, oak and spices, a very well-constituted structure and mellow tannins. A wonderfully well-balanced wine.

Food and wine pairing

Ideal with roast game, grilled red meats, cheeses (especially cheeses ripened with a marc de Bourgogne).

Serving suggestions

Serve ideally between 15°C and 16°C / 59-61°F.

Ageing potential

From 10 to 25 years.

Origins

Pommard is one of the most famous villages in the Côte de Beaune, situated 5 km south of the town of Beaune on the route de Grands Crus. The appellation covers 322 hectares and produces only red wines, with 36% of its wines classified as 1er Cru. It is the best-known red wine appellation in the Côte de Beaune, and the favourite vin de garde of the French.

On the lower slopes, ancient alluvial deposits, then in the middle of the hillsides, the clay-limestone soils are well drained thanks to a pebbly deposit of rock debris. Further up, we find Oxfordian marl (Jurassic), brown calcareous and brown calcareous soils. Iron oxide sometimes reddens the soil.

Facing east and south. Altitude: between 250 and 330 metres.

This wine comes from organic vineyards.

Vinification and maturing

Vinification in oak vats followed by maturing in barrels for 14 to 16 months, 20% new oak.

Vintage : 2010

Though the vintage didn’t seem very promising at the end of the summer, 2010 has ended up being one of the finest classic vintages in the last fifteen years! Severe frost on 20 December seriously damaged the vines, and then long, drawn-out flowering resulted in further loss. Low yields allowed the grapes to reach optimum maturity. Finally, the grapes were carefully sorted at the winery (with 5 to 15% eliminated) meaning that though quantities were very low for this harvest, quality was there. The summer was not very hot, but fortunately, sun at the beginning of September ensured good ripening. The window for harvesting was rather small due to the fact that weather conditions worsened toward the end of September. We began picking on the 20th in the Côte de Beaune and on the 25th in the Côte de Nuits. The resulting wines are pure, harmonious, rich and well-suited for cellaring. Some reds from parts of the Côte de Beaune are showing even better than the 2009s. We couldn’t have hoped for better results…