Vincent Girardin Pommard Les Vieilles Vignes (375ML half-bottle) 2018
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This Pommard wine has a dark red color with intense and percussive aromas of black currant, musk and game. Acidity well-marked and a mellowness that only appears after a minimum of maturation. Well-marked acidity.
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Rich ruby color. Smooth and balanced, with notes of dusty cherry; earthy yet elegant thanks to a fine acid structure.
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A sense of freshness and iron oxide perfumes cherry notes on this wine's nose. The same expressive fruit pervades the firm palate where fine tannins crunch and heighten the juiciness and freshness even more. It's a joyous yet elegant wine.
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Jeb Dunnuck
A terrific village wine, the 2018 Pommard Les Vielles Vignes reveals a vibrant translucent ruby hue as well as a sweet nose of ripe black raspberries, wild strawberries, roasted herbs, and spice. This carries to a medium-bodied, lush, seamless Pommard with a beautiful core of sweet fruit, present yet ripe and integrated tannins, and a beautiful finish. A ripe, up-front, perfumed 2018, it should keep for 10-12 years.
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The history of Maison Vincent Girardin is relatively recent. In 1980, at the age of 19, Vincent Girardin, the son of a family of winegrowers based in Santenay since the 17th century, decided to strike out on his own and began producing wine from five acres of vines that he had inherited from his parents. From his earliest youth, Vincent had a passion for working with vines and great respect for the potential that they represent, and his ambition was to produce his own wine. The quality of his wines was quickly recognized by connoisseurs all over the world, and this enabled him to expand his activity, focusing primarily on the great white and red wines of the Côte de Beaune. To cope with the growing demand for his wines, he developed an approach that was new in Burgundy: he purchased grapes from producers who shared the same philosophy and the same high standards. In 2012, Vincent Girardin sold his operation to a long-standing partner of the Maison. Jean-Pierre Nié, President of the Compagnie des Vins d’Autrefois in Beaune, naturally decided to continue with the small team of nine people that had been faithful to the Maison for many years. Today, Eric Germain continues to uphold the style of the wines, and Marco Caschera markets them all over the world.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
Representing some of the darkest, deepest and sturdiest Pinot Noir of Burgundy, Pommard is one of the two villages in Côte de Beaune—along with Volnay—that is recognized for its impressive Pinot Noir. While it can’t boast any Grands Crus vineyards, its extraordinary Premiers Crus vineyards are aplenty.
Les Pézerolles, Les Épenots, Clos des Épeneaux, Les Chanlins, Les Jarolières, Les Fremiers and particularly Les Rugiens are among the most outstanding Premiers Crus.
The best Pommards will be concentrated in flavors such as black cherry, blackberry and dark chocolate, have dazzling aromas of violets, menthol or wild herbs and a firm and powerful finish. They typically demand some time in the bottle to reach their peak.