Domaine Parent, Pommard (Burgundy, France) 2016

 As enthusiastic as I am about Parent’s village wine, La Croix Blanche, Parent’s Les Chaponnières shows the glory of a premier cru.  Although it’s a touch more powerful, it’s really the wine’s elegance and complexity that puts it into a different category.  There’s more going on here without being overt.  Iron-tinged notes and other mineral like nuances become apparent as the wine sits in the glass and opens.  It delivers a beguiling array of black fruit and earth flavors, punctuated with an attractive bitter note in the finish. The Parent sisters clearly made great wines in a difficult year.