FFW 2021 Wine Catalogue

MEET THE GROWER Domaine Comte Armand POMMARD This aristocratic and extremely pretty estate dates to 1826 and is famed for owning in entirety themost famous vineyard in Pommard, the 5.2-hectare Clos des Epeneaux. Along with this holding are some excellent parcels in Auxey Duresses and Volnay. Paul Zinetti took over running the estate in 2014 fromBenjamin Leroux, and you could not hope tomeet a brighter, more engaging and seriously talented wine- maker, always willing to open older bottles by way of “reference”. It is amost enjoyable education to taste here. New oak is used judiciously, and it is Paul’s intention to allow each vineyard to express itself. This coupled with biodynamic practices, old vines and low yields offer up beautifully weighted wines, with finesse, charm, and great precision.

BURGUNDY CÔTEDEBEAUNE

VINOUS 90-92 POINTS

VINOUS 93-95 POINTS

AUXEY-DURESSES, 1ERCRU DOMAINE COMTE ARMAND 2018 DRINK2022 - 2032

POMMARD, 1ERCRUCLOSDES EPENAUX DOMAINE COMTE ARMAND 2018 DRINK2027 - 2040

6x75 £595

6x75 £175

Lots of limestone on one of the plots – 60% of the volume, with the other 40% on clay. There’s darker fruit here than the villages, but with a very fine andmenthol finish.

Thesemaybe 8 or 9 different terroirs inClos des Epenaux, sowe tasted four barrel samples to give an example of theMonopole’s different components. The large plot along the roadwas planted by Pascal Marchand in the 1980s and produces tiny volumes. Though the vines are only 35 years old there’s a piquant spice here. Two plots aged 85 and 92 years-old provide such gorgeous sweet fruit with very fine, cassis and cherry - superb and linear. 6 of the 70 barrels is ‘press wine’ which provides subtle backbone to the blend. The final blend ismore than the sumof its parts. A very classically styledwine with a long savoury fruit finish.

Clos des Epeneaux, responsible for the deepest, richest, most intensely concentrated and longest lived wines in Pommard!

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