2019 Pommard, Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley
£58.50
(£52.00 per bottle)
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Description
This village Pommard is principally from grapes grown in the Vaumuriens vineyard, which is a high, wind-battered slope – a cooler section of the appellation. The hot 2019 vintage has really favoured this vineyard, and the fruit came slowly to perfect, healthy ripeness. Colour is ruby-purple of medium depth, the nose being fragrant and rich. Palate shows lively, dense fruitiness, with good finesse – not always a natural characteristic of Pommard. Precise, marked tannins will ensure that this wine will keep well; it finishes straight and long (for drinking 2024-2032+).
Brand
Brand
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.”