Philippe Pacalet, Pommard Vintage:2017

Philippe Pacalet, Pommard Vintage:2017(from Les Trois Follots, Les Vaumuriens, Rugiens Hauts villages and La Vache). Ripe and very fresh aromas blend notes of red and dark pinot fruit with those of violet and cool earth. There is outstanding intensity to the rather refined medium weight flavors that exude a subtle minerality on the youthfully austere finish that also could use a bit more depth to achieve the upper end of my projected range.

I suspect pristine bottles will show better than these did

(from 90+ year old vines)

from yields of only 9 hl/ha)

all the fruit was diverted to the Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco instead

campfire embers

A serious wine that will live for decades

The 2015 Clos-Fourtet has a sensual

It should drink well for up to 15 years or so

this is a piquant

well structured fizz

ethereal finish is classic La Serra

(from vines planted mostly in 1949)