2020 Pommard, Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley
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£70.50
(£62.50 per bottle)
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Winemaker:Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley
This comes from a limestone- and pebble-rich, white soil, with a north-easterly aspect, uphill from Pommard-Rugiens. It needs extra days to come to ripeness, compared to the classic 1st Growth slopes, but in a warm or hot year is a superb source of balanced, fruit-rich Pommard. This is certainly the case with this 2020, whose colour is medium deep, with great freshness of aroma. Palate shows attractive, dense fruitiness, with salinity and vibrant length (for drinking 2024-2035+).
| Weight | 1.5 kg |
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| Wine Name | Pommard, Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley |
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| Product Code | CJ3M20RA |
| Customs Status | Duty Paid |
| Tax Status | Inc Tax |
Winemaker
Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley
Following Thomas Bouley’s arrival to work with his father Jean-Marc, this Domaine has taken its place alongside Volnay’s top estates. Thomas has fine-tuned the winemaking with rare intelligence and skill. The estate has several parcels of old vines and some superbly-placed First Growths. Here we find carefully judged extractions, intelligent inclusion of whole cluster bunches, and judicious, minimal use of new oak barrels. Allowing the wines to pass a second winter in barrel, prior to their bottling, contributes considerably to their complexities and harmony. Thomas tells us. “2004 was the last year we did a green harvest here. We have a naturally low crop (for example, 27 hl/ha across the Domaine in 2019) because we prune pretty short, we keep old vines, and we trim high and late, to favour small bunches. For me, the second winter in barrel is magical, it helps the wines to be finer and fresher.”