Pommard is only made from Pinot Noir grapes.
- 10,000 plants/hectare.Attractive purple colour
The nose releases notes of black fruits like blackcurrants. The initial aromas make way for pretty cedar notes
The mouth is full, complex and with a liveliness that points to good ageing potential
This wine is ideal served with veal chops cooked pink and pan-fried forest mushrooms, red meats, goose and all game. Jugged boar is a must. Enjoy this wine with strong, mature cheeses
Serve at around 15 °C. (59°F.).
This wine can be drunk young but will also age very well in a cellar for 5 to 8 years, even more in good storage conditions.
Pommard is the first village you reach as you leave Beaune heading south.
The vineyard covers around 300 hectares and annual production is about 14,000 hectolitres.
- Old alluvial deposits with clay-chalky.This 2022 vintage promises to be one of great quality.
We had a rather rainy November, December and January, and February and March were rather cool, which slowed down the emergence of the buds and in turn prevented the frost problems that we had last year.
May was very, very hot providing great flowering conditions. June was then a little chaotic weather wise, as we had some warm mornings and then with violent storms after midday, sometimes with hail. However, at least nothing really bad in our Burgundy.
The harvests started in Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits around 29 August, which is still relatively early and we had to deal with diverse levels of ripening. Some parcels really stood up to the heat and have given wonderfully ripe grapes. Of course, everything was conditioned by how the vineyard was managed and the amount of exposure. But overall, we had wonderful wines from these parcels, from other parcels which experienced more dehydration. The very high temperatures meant a greater halt in ripening, giving grapes a little less ripe, so we had to wait to harvest them.
By the end of August, we already had fabulous colour extraction and the acidity was very well balanced. All this allowed to be very confident, heading for a great vintage.
In the Chablis area, some winegrowers started harvesting as August was ending, but most of them started harvesting in the first days of September.
The harvesters were relatively unaffected by the rains, which fell either in the late afternoon or at night. The foliage, which was still in good health, benefited from it. Thanks to the rain, juice concentration was limited and the bunches of grapes were able to provide a good balance between sugar content and acidity.
The harvest concluded the third week of September with a smile: neither the frost nor the drought prevented the vineyards from producing close to normal yields. However, the volumes harvested varied from one domain to another, with some estates easily reaching full production while others were below the appellation's yield.
Wines in the making are expressing notes of ripe fruit, pear and peach, while keeping their freshness. They are generous and have a good balance. Quality is definitely there as well.
After a year 2021 disturbed by a poor harvest, this 2022 vintage is a real breath of fresh air.
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