Comments on: Pommard: Village Profile

By: billn

billn — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:35:14 +0000

Hi Charles – Clos des Epenaux is a wine for long aging – I would say there’s an absolute minimum of 10 years to wait for that one. For a mature one, I tend to like things like rabbit or hare…
Cheers, Bill

By: Charles Henderson

Charles Henderson — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:24:36 +0000

Bill: I have a bottle of 1999 Comte Armand, Pommard, Clos Des Epeneaux, 1 er Cru
Do you think this wine is at it’s peak now or will continue to evolve and improve, or hold for a while before it begins to decline? Also, what would you pair it with?

By: bill nanson

bill nanson — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:53:21 +0000

leider mit diesen automatischen Dinge ist es immer so…

By: van der veen

van der veen — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:50:21 +0000

Das ist eine unmögliche und unverständliche Übersetzung aus dem Englischen ins Deutsche.

By: bill nanson

bill nanson — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:12:57 +0000

Hi Gerry,
Personal favourites would be rabbit or venison, however, if you’re talking classic, something like a roast ‘Bressé’ chicken would be top of the bill…
Hmm. My mouth’s watering just thinking about it
Post your note when you make it!
Cheers, Bill

By: Gerry

Gerry — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:30:37 +0000

What would be a “classic” food pairing with a 1990 Comte Armand Clos des Epeneaux? I’m saving a bottle for a special occasion.

Cheers,

Gerry in California

By: bill nanson

bill nanson — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:06:38 +0000

John – how long is a piece of string? – or more rather, what style do you like? Looking purely at the land, the is the imprssive linearity and delivery of Clos des Epeneaux; there is impressively complex but slightly rustic Chevret; brooding, complex and often muscular Rugiens; Taillepieds that can be a bridge between the latter two etc., etc.

And that’s before you look at producers, but here I would say you can’t go wrong with de Montille or Joseph Voillot.
Cheers, Bill

By: John Moore

John Moore — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:12:31 +0000

As I understand that every Pommard is inevitably endowed with unique characteristics that set it apart from other wines of the same, but if you had to choose overall which producer of Pommard wine is generally considered the #1 producer?

John Moore
Chicago, IL USA

By: patrick patterson

patrick patterson — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:49:39 +0000

If you have the opportunity, try the 1998 En Truffiere, Pommard 1er Cru, Les Grand Epenots. We enjoyed several bottles last evening over light appetizers and French cheeses and found it to be perfectly balanced. Elegant as a ballet dancer, it danced over our tongues. I shall proactively seek out more, I believe I have found my new mistress of the grape.

Make sure you have enough, I noted everyone kept sliding the bottle towards themselves and one group actually secured a bottle and squirreled themselves away in the kitchen to hoard the love.

With kind regards,
Patrick Patterson
Switzerland