One of the finest wines from Pommard that I’ve tasted from the 2011 vintage, this shows excellent depth of flavor but also very serious structure that will enable it to improve for at least a decade in a cool cellar. Concentrated but still rather taut, with fresh acidity and abundant grape and wood tannins, this features dark cherry fruit notes with balanced oak edging and nascent suggestions of wild mushrooms and crushed-rock minerality. Symmetrically proportioned and tastefully styled.
Domaine Joseph Voillot, Pommard 1er Cru (Burgundy, France) 2011
By Michael Franz