2001 Pommard Grands Epenots
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Good deep red. Superripe, liqueur-like aromas of cherry, redcurrant, plum and coffee. Rich, flavorful and deep, with a chocolatey suggestion of surmaturite Offers a compelling mouthfilling texture. Explosive finish shows an almost grenache-like sweetness, with chewy tannins that avoid any dryness from hail. This is 13.5% natural alcohol, says Confuron, noting that the 2002 is more like 14%.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Cask sample Quite sumptuous, ripe fruit on the nose. Big, bold and flattering. Masses of rich, liqueur-like fruit covering stern tannins. Dry finish. (JR)
From old vines on the Beaune side of the vineyard (no hail damage here, according to Confuron): Good healthy deep red. Rich, ripe aromas of plum, cherry, minerals and leather. Fat, rich and full, with compelling sweetness of fruit and excellent depth of flavor. This is at a much higher level than the foregoing samples. The big, round, lush tannins are buffered by the wine's sheer sweetness of fruit. Finishes with a note of chocolate. From 55-year-old vines on the Pommard side: Full red-ruby color. Slightly reduced, very fresh, minerally aromas of cherry and stone. Chewy, lush and precise; not as round as the first component but thicker and more powerful, and a bit more sauvage Finishes very long and aromatic, with a mineral firmness. The finished wine will be a roughly 50/50 blend of these two components.