Pommard Premier Cru 2022 - "Epenots"
- Red
- 75 cl
Famous Pommard Premier Cru "Epenots" from a very successful 2022 vintage, from the Antoine Jobard estate
tasting
Pommard Premier Cru 2022 - "Epenots"
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Complex
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Powerful
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Mineral
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Fruity
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Woody
Pommard Premier Cru 2022 - "Epenots" - Domaine Antoine Jobard
Antoine Jobard is now at the head of an estate of more than 11 hectares: very famous for his great Burgundy white wines, mainly Meursault, he now ensures the same level of requirement for very beautiful red appellations: Pommard, Pommard Premiers Crus and Beaune Premier Cru in particular.
From the very successful 2022 vintage, this Pommard Premier Cru "Epenots" offers all the characteristics of the greatest red wines of Burgundy.
Les "Epenots", or "Epeneaux" is located in the south-east of the appellation. Referring to thorny bushes, it is one of the best known and renowned climates in the Pommard appellation.
With aromas of red and black fruits, this Pommard Premier Cru brings a complexity worthy of the greatest red wines of Burgundy. Its aromas may evolve towards more animal notes as it ages (leather, game).
Structured and powerful, it can be used to accompany a very wide range of dishes, grilled meats or meats in sauce in particular, but also furry game.
Serving temperature of the wine: 15 to 16°
Map of the vines of the Pommard appellation:
food pairing
Red wine of tannic Burgundy - Corsé: grilled or roasted pork, steaks or ribs of beef, cobblestones and beef steaks, braised beef in sauce, furry game, couscous and tagines, Epoisse
features
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Appellation
Premier Cru -
Type of Wine
Still -
Wine Making
Oak casks -
Grape Variety
Pinot Noir -
Harvest
Manual -
Burgundy Region
Côte de Beaune -
Vintage
2022 -
Service
14 to 16 degrees -
Custody potential
2028 -
Degree of alcohol
13,5°
appellation
Pommard
Wine Characteristics
Beware of preconceived notions! The fame of Pommard in the 19th century earned it the image of a wine that is both forceful and virile. In reality, time, terroir and methods of vinification have all combined to create a more subtle reality, a wine that is both richer and more sensitive. Its colour is the deep, dark red with mauve highlights which caused Victor Hugo to speak of it as “night in combat with day”. Its aromas are redolent of blackberry, bilberry, or gooseberry, cherry pit and ripe plum. Often, wild and feline notes develop with age. At full maturity, it tends towards leather, chocolate and pepper.
It needs to be given time to open up to its fullest extent and to display its mouth-filling texture, its firm but delicate structure, its fruit-filled mouth, and its chewy tannins, which by then will be properly smoothed down. A “rich” wine ? Certainly.
Wine Steward’s Tip
This illustrious representative of the Côte de Beaune with its dense and massive tannins revels in furred or feathered game, braised or roasted, which will find in Pommard (and especially in the Premiers Crus) an invaluable collaborator. Thick cut beefsteak, lamb, or stewed poultry will respond to its firm-textured tannins and concentrated aromas. It is a natural partner for cheeses with well-developed flavours: Époisses, Langres and Soumaintrain, but also Comté.
Serving temperature: 14 to 16°C.
Situation
For centuries Pommard has been considered the typical Bourgogne: deep red in colour, powerfully aromatic, solid and trustworthy. The very name Pommard has a generous ring to it and fills the mouth as it fills the glass. Pommard with its smiling vineyards lies between Beaune and Volnay where the Côte de
Beaune makes a slight turn towards Autun. These lands formerly belonged to the Dukes of Bourgogne, to religious houses including the abbey of Cîteaux, or to old families such as the Marey-Monge family. As early as the Middle Ages, Pommard was thought of as the flower of Bourgogne wines - the wine to which all others were compared. The appellation, one of the first AOC to be so designated (1936), grows only red wines from the Pinot Noir grape.
Terroirs
On the lower ground the soil is ancient alluvium. Mid-slope, the clay-limestone soils are well drained thanks to the inclusion of rock debris. Higher still are Jurassic (Oxfordian) marls, brown calcic soils, and brown limestone soils. In places, the soil is reddened by the presence of iron. Exposure: south or east.
Altitudes: 250 to 330 metres.
Source : https://www.bourgogne-wines.com
Estate
Antoine Jobard - Meursault
A family of winegrowers who have always been established in the heart of Meursault, Antoine Jobard is now considered one of the greatest producers of great Burgundian wines.
The vines have always been cultivated with the greatest care and without treatment products. The wines are aged with great precision without trying to flatter them: on the contrary, by bringing out the imprint of the terroir.
Racy, elegant, complex and intense wines, from regional appellations to villages and premier crus (Meursault and Pommard in particular).
