Tasted 17 May 2020
Côte de Beaune · Pommard 1er Cru
Dark red and black cherry, red and black raspberry, forest floor, and rocky earth. Nicely pitched, with a cascading and saturated mid-palate expansion that surprises considering its youth. Fresh and grippy on the back…
Though this is rich and a little heady at first pass, it quickly kicks in with the acid and mild reduction, making for a swirling of both deep and racy elements. At once broad and meaty, and then…
This was a favorite, with a tension-filled delivery that is laced with flinty reduction and yellow/orange core fruit. This was competing neck and neck with the 2022 Boillot Corton Charlie. The CC had…
Yellow citrus, lemon curd, and yellow pear dominate here, with a hit of reduction that finishes with a combination of flint/smoke/matchstick and a kiss of tropical yellow stone fruit. The strong…