Pommard 1er Cru Grands Épenots 2017- Domaine de Montille

Pommard 1er Cru Grands Épenots 2017- Domaine de Montille

Tasting notes for the 2017 vintage : 

The Pommard Les Grands Epenots 1er Cru 2017, which contains a third of the entire harvest, has a pretty earthy bouquet with scents of tobacco and undergrowth filtering through the black fruit. Precise. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, a finely balanced and fairly slender Pommard with beautifully integrated oak towards the lingering finish. Recommended.

The appellation:

Pommard is the appellation that makes wine lovers dream. Its 312.76 hectares of pinot noir (including 115 hectares classified as Premiers Crus) play on two terrains: to the south (near Volnay), the wines are racy and powerful, while to the north (closer to Beaune), the wines are silkier, more airy. But this rule suffers from a few exceptions, including "Les Grands Épenots" planted on a rich and fat clay-limestone soil. This Premier Cru is the subject of a request for classification as a Grand Cru which was initiated in 2012.

The words "epeneaux, épenots, epenottes" certainly come from the same root as "épine"; it is possible that in the middle of the vines there were many thorny bushes in the unplanted parts.

Our Pommard "Grands Épenots" is the most "Pommard" of our Pommard which shows its earthy, masculine side, with an imposing power even if the nobility of the terroir gives it a certain refinement.

The wines, the style : 

Domaine de Montille is known for producing wines of great aromatic purity, always favouring balance and elegance rather than power or extraction. The wines are a classic expression of Burgundy, produced in the most natural way possible and with an impressive ageing capacity, as we believe that only time reveals the Great Wines. The estate's current style remains faithful to the naturalness and classicism recognised in Hubert's wines, some vintages of which required a great deal of patience, but Etienne strives to bring more openness to the bouquet in the reds, and more silkiness and smoothness to the textures without compromising the wines' ageing capacity. The estate is known with a few others in Burgundy (Arlot, DRC, Dujac, Leroy, etc...) to vinify on a regular basis, leaving a large proportion of the whole harvest which is determined each year for each vintage.

Cultivation of the vine :

The Domaine has been practicing organic farming since 1995. Our wines are now Ecocert certified. Since 2005, biodynamic farming has been added to these practices, which respect the soil and living organisms.