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2018 Pommard 1er cru Grand Clos des Epenots
£105.20 per Bottle
£631.22 per Case
£85.00 per Bottle
£510.00 per Case
Bottle - 75cl
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Domaine de Courcel is known for rich, tannic wines that require long ageing. Since 1996, they have been made by Yves Confuron, who somehow manages to find time to run his estate in Vosne Romanée as well. The estate comprises Pommard’s finest vineyards, the 1ers crus Croix Noires, Fremiers, Grand Clos des Epenots (monopole) and Rugiens. Picking is always far later than other estates, and there is very long slow fermentation of whole bunches, with lots of punching down, and extended maturation in cask. The wines are not giving in their youth, but with time they turn into something very special: rich, elegant and fresh, and very well worth the wait.
Yves Confuron is a dedicated late harvester, beginning this year on 7th September, a good ten days after most others. His reason is phenolic ripeness – in warm years the sugars may be at a level that encourages picking, but the tannins in the skin and pips have to catch up. The lack of water prevented phenolic maturity – ripeness came instead from evaporation of the water from the grapes. His tannins were still a little green, but when they were concentrated in combination with the other elements in the grapes, they gave something extraordinary. He is very happy with the vintage, but his yields are a mere ten hectolitres per hectare, so there is little of it.
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£105.20 per Bottle
£631.22 per Case
£85.00 per Bottle
£510.00 per Case
Bottle - 75cl
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