Tasted with Anne Parent in Pommard, 24 October 2023.
Domaine Anne et Catherine Parent
3 rue de la Métairie
21630 Pommard
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Anne on 2023:
“The results for 2023, so far, are much better than I could of hoped for – it was a year where we stressed over many things. But enfin! A normal years production. In 2023 we triaged 3 times! But some parcels needed nothing others as much as 10% it was a year with almost no verjus but some acid rot in places – fortunately it was stable and didn’t develop further – but this year we chose not to de-leaf both sides of the grapes – it was a year where the grilled, shriveled grapes were always at the point of the bunch. Acids were better than we expected – and the flavours under the pressoirs were really very good. But like most of the recent vintages it was a nightmare to choose the date to harvest. The volume was similar to in 1999 – a year that I couldn’t understand because the vines with extra grapes were riper than those with a ‘correct’ volume.”
Anne on 2022:
“Less stress! Sympa, not much to triage – another warm one but very different to 2020 – it’s the structure and the grain of the tannins that are finer. All the malos were finished already in February – which is faster than I like but there wasn’t much malic acidity so it is what it is.”
The wines…
From classy to great – 2022 is quite a success for the team here!
2022 Bourgogne Côte d’Or
All destemmed in this case – no new oak either.
Good colour. A good width of finely grained complexity too – that’s lovely. Very fine texture – velour – supple and very concentrated. That’s potentially a great Bourgogne if it opens out more and shows extra delicacy – for now ‘simply’ excellent!
2022 Monthelie 1er Les Champs Fulliots
Bought grapes from within the family – walls on 3 sides – more west-facing.
Still powerful but more elegant aromatics. In the mouth too – more fluid despite obvious concentration. Sweet fruit but not over-sweet. The finish holding well with a darker fruit. Delicious wine!
2022 Ladoix 1er Le Corvées
Airy more direct – the impression of minerality. In the mouth too – wiry, quite silky wine with a growing flavour intensity. I really love this finish.
2022 Pommard La Croix Blanche
Deep soil with brown clay, marls with dolomite limestone, not too compact. Opposite Grands Epenots. 600-litre barrels and just a hint of wc used in this case.
Broad aromas – showing a hint of volatility today but this changes to a very fine perfume – that’s lovely. Clean, beautifully shaped, juicy wine. Very complex in the finish. Potentially a super villages.
2022 Pommard 1er Les Argillières
Vines above Epenots
A calmer depth of aroma with a small suggestion of textural velour. Mouth-filling, a certain roundness but with an energy and almost fluidity that makes for a fine combination. The finish is stronger and very persistent – a lick of ultra-fine tannin and darker fruit – almost bitter chocolate here. A calm but finely proportioned wine.
2022 Pommard 1er Les Chanlins
Young vines of 21. A more limestone soil.
A more vertical nose and more obviously fresh. Beautifully fluid and fresh over the palate – framed with a very faint, slightly dry, tannin – but grainless. Juicy in the finishing flavours that have fine intensity. Complex, delicious wine – I think it will be excellent!
80-year-old vines here – worked by horse for the last 16 years – here is the source of the domaine’s massale selections.
Depth but also with high-toned flavour energy – perfumed – that’s lovely! So direct, so mouth-watering – ultra fresh but still a wine with proper 1er cru intensity – wide waves of finishing complexity – potentially a great one here.
‘The most sophisticated wine of Pommard.’ Grand and Petit Epenots assembled
A silky width of perfume – a little cushion too. Vibrant, energetic – über-fine tannin but not drying – a hint of licorice in this complexity. It’s not quite as direct as I was expecting but – voila – the rest of this is proper Epenots and great! Wait 10 years and then drink forever!
Round, cushioned, concentrated, complex – but easy to appreciate too. I really don’t see either the 100% wc or the 100% new barrels! Less width than the Epenots but just as juicy and in this case more melting and complex. 100% and 100% plus it’s Corton – but I could drink this today! Beautifully textured and involving – the concentration never wearing, a little marvel – bravo! ‘Corton is an enigma – it’s underestimated on one hand, overestimated on the other‘
Finishing with a little white:
2022 Monthelie
Bought grapes – 20-year-old vines – but the team here do all the vineyard work.
Good power, a small mineral rigour in these aromas but the exposure to air brings more interesting energy too. The mineral rigour is modestly noticeable in the flavours too today but the width and melting, juicy flavour in this finish are really delicious!
2022 Corton Blanc
From En Rognets et Corton.
Hmm- a more savoury depth – pushed by a faint reduction. Mouth-filling – round, generous, yet with mouth-watering, more than balancing energetic flavour. The texture here is very lovely. The last notes of flavour, citric almost golden-fruited and long-lasting. Another delicious wine!