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POMMARD 2022

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2022

Varietal

100% Pinot Noir

Tasting notes

Colour: Beautiful dark ruby.

Bouquet: Rich, quite powerful, showing a certain concentration mixing berries (blackcurrant, currant, blackberry, cherry stone), toasted woody notes, some peppery and leather notes.

Palate: chewy tannins well supported by a velvety structure and complex, fruity, spicy and animal flavours. Very good length.

Food and wine pairing

It's the perfect companion for tasty, sophisticated cuisine: fine beef or lamb, marinated game or a platter of mature cheeses.

Serving suggestions

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

Ageing potential

This great Burgundy red will easily keep for 6 to 8 years in the cellar, or even longer depending on the vintage and in the right conditions.

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.

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.

Vinification and maturing

Harvested by hand and then sorted, the grapes are destemmed, crushed and placed in temperature-controlled vats. Vinification begins with cold maceration for 5 to 6 days at 8-10°C, followed by fermentation for 20 to 25 days. Fermentation, carried out with Burgundy yeasts, is punctuated by daily pumping over and punching down to extract colour, aromas and structure. The wine is aged in 228-litre oak barrels, 30% of which are new, for 12 months.

Vintage : 2022

2022 brought uncertain conditions, but was finally mild throughout the season!

The harvest took place from around 25 August to 16 September.

The grapes were beautifully healthy, with varying degrees of ripeness depending on the exposure, giving balanced and honest white wines. Maturing ought to bring just the right degree of roundness to red wines with varying qualities, depending on the maturity of each plot.

2022 is a pleasant vintage in terms of quality with good yields, for both whites and reds. The vinification choices have been crucial as to whether to favour acidity or the alcoholic degree.