POMMARD PREMIER CRU LES GRANDS EPENOTS

POMMARD PREMIER CRU
LES GRANDS EPENOTS 2024

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2024

Grape variety

Pinot Noir.

Tasting notes

Colour: An intense, very deep, dark ruby. A beautiful colour with great concentration.

Nose: A lovely bouquet of red and black fruit, dominated by blackberry jam notes.

Palate: A powerful wine, with firm tannins, black fruit flavors like blackcurrant, blackberry and just a little hint of alcohol at the end, which, together with the tannins, offer an impression of both power and freshness.

Wine and food pairing

Pairs very well with game ; wild board or venison in wine sauce are perfect matches. And then when the wine has aged a few years in the bottle, in 7 or 8 years drink with cheese.

Serving temperature

Serve at around 15-16°C. (59-60°F.).

Ageing potential

Pommard wines have a reputation for being powerful and generous and can age for a very long time and you will be able to keep this vintage for a good 10 years.

Origin

Pommard is one of the most famous villages in the Côte de Beaune, located 5 km south of Beaune on the Route des Grands Crus. The vineyard extends over 322 hectares and produces only red wines, with a proportion of 36% rated 1er Cru.

The climat “Les Grands Épenots” is a parcel of around 10 hectares (25 acres) located in the village of Pommard. The name « Epenots comes from « Thorns » and back in the day there were most likely Hawthorn bushes growing here.

Vinification and maturing

Grapes were hand-harvested and sorted when they arrived at the winery. Only some of the bunches were de-stemmed, so for this wine have 50% whole cluster fermentation. The grapes were then put into the fermenting vats for alcoholic fermentation with punching down of the cap twice a day and pumping over every 3 days, to extract as much as possible from the grapes. Once the fermentation finished, the wine was put into barrels (French oak only) for 14 months, with new barrels and of barrels which had already been used once .

Vintage : 2024

One year follows another and no two are alike. After a generous and fairly mild 2023 vintage, 2024 was long, temperamental and rainy for our vineyard team. Rain was an integral part of their daily routine from autumn 2023 and throughout the vegetative growth of the vines. It took a lot of effort to contain mildew and weeds in the plots.

Flowering went slowly but smoothly in the 1st half of June. Until mid-June, temperatures fluctuated between normal and cool, with frost in some areas in April. It was only when summer came around that we were able to enjoy seasonal, even warm, temperatures.

In terms of Burgundy as a whole, the Côte Chalonnaise came out on top in terms of both the quantity and quality of the grapes harvested. Even if all these climatic hazards had an impact on the yield, we harvested grapes with very well-balanced ripeness and airy bunches. After meticulous sorting and fine vinification work, we're delighted with the quality of our wines. The whites are well-balanced, fresh and flavoursome. The reds are straightforward, fruity and elegant.

POMMARD PREMIER CRU LES GRANDS EPENOTS 2024