2019 Pommard En Brescul, Domaine Joannès Violot-Guillemard
£66.00
(£55.00 per bottle)
Save 17% on a case of 6 bottles
18 in stock
Description
This comes from a low-yielding, stony hillside plot, facing due east, situated above Pommard Pezerolles and Les Epenots. It ripens later than those First Growths, but 2019’s marvellous summer suited the plot perfectly. Global warming is certainly helping to bring better ripeness, but so is intelligent input by the grower. This Domaine is at the forefront of those demonstrating how to make Pommards of charm and softness. Colour here is ruby-red of medium depth, aromas being open, fine and fruity. This is a pretty wine, with good middle, elegant fruitiness, and harmonious, fine aftertaste (for drinking 2022-2028+).
Brand
Brand
Domaine Joannès Violot-Guillemard
This estate is a little-known jewel, making wine in Pommard for 5 generations, farming organically since 1999. 6 hectares in cultivation has now grown to more than 8, thanks to a family inheritance, and Joannès has taken over prime responsibilities from his father Thierry. The latter’s philosophies still drive the methods, however. As Thierry used to say. “I want to keep my terroirs healthy. No yeasting, no reverse osmosis, not too many technical interventions and not too much wood, so as not to alter the taste of the wine. I love the delicacy and the elegance, the distinctive Pinot, and above all, the fun!” This is very much a family Domaine, with Thierry’s wife Estelle, Joannès’s mother, being hands-on throughout the vineyard year, which includes cultivating micro-organisms to vivify the composts. Joannès talks about the small changes he has introduced. “From 2019, we retained a higher proportion of whole bunches in the red wines than in the past, and I decided to rack the reds from barrel before the autumn, in preparation for bottling in November.” The pursuit of harmony is constant here.