Pommard Grands Epenots1er cru
Domaine Pierre Morey
- Wine 赤- Classification : 1er cru
- Area (ha) : 0.43
- Average year of plantation : 1965
- Grape variety : Pinot Noir
It is a beautiful vineyard situated in the middle of the slope, well protected from the wind, with good draining. The limestone (rock) is close to the surface and has very red soils.
Pommard wines are well-known for tannic and austere wines in their youth. Nevertheless, Grands Epenots is undeniably the most delicate and refined of the village, keeping a good structure to secure a good ageing.
This premier cru is distinctive because its finesse, elegance and fruit qualities, similar to wines from the Beaune area.
You can enjoy the wines in 8-10 years at the earliest.
Pommard wines are well-known for tannic and austere wines in their youth. Nevertheless, Grands Epenots is undeniably the most delicate and refined of the village, keeping a good structure to secure a good ageing.
This premier cru is distinctive because its finesse, elegance and fruit qualities, similar to wines from the Beaune area.
You can enjoy the wines in 8-10 years at the earliest.
Tasting notes
VINOUS Antonio Galloni – Neal Martin 2021-10 91-93 pts
“The 2020 Pommard Les Grands Epenots 1er Cru has quite a high-toned bouquet with black cherries, prune and cassis aromas. The palate is sweet and candied with succulent ripe tannins, very sweet towards the finish that shows a bit of the 40% new oak. I cannot help feeling this is showing a soupcon of sur-maturité. ”
Burghound.com – Allen Meadows 2022 – Issue 86
92
The Wine Advocate – William Kelley 2021-01 92-94 pts
“Wafting from the glass with notes of plums, sweet soil tones, peonies and warm spices, Anne Morey’s 2019 Pommard 1er Cru Les Grands Epenots is medium to full-bodied, velvety and dynamic, with a concentrated core of fruit, lively acids and a long, sapid finish.”
Burghound.com – Allen Meadows 2021 – Issue 82
89-92 – “This is very ripe though it’s notably fresher with its aromas of poached plum, warm earth and violet nuances. There is excellent punch to the more vibrant and delicious bigger-bodied flavors that once again coat the palate with dry extract that serves to buffer the firm tannins shaping the lengthy finish where the only nit is a touch of warmth. this could likely be approchaed after 5 to 7 years.”
Robert Parker Wine Advocate – William Kelley 2018-10 92 pts
The 2017 Pommard 1er Cru Les Grands Epenots is showing beautifully from bottle, offering up a deep bouquet of ripe berry fruit, plums and cherries mingled with soil tones and hints of blood orange. Medium to full-bodied, with fine mid-palate volume and powdery structuring tannins, this is a lively, elegant Grands Epenots that has realized the potential it showed in barrel.
Decanter Magazine – William Kelley 2016-10
“This domaine is better-known for its white wines, but the 2015 Grands Epenots, from vines planted in 1965, is a really serious bottle of Pommard that it would be a mistake to overlook. Creamy red-black fruit, subtle notes of grilled meats, spice and gentle framing of new oak mingle in an incipiently complex bouquet, introducing a full-bodied, deep and concentrated wine, structured around supple, elegantly ripe tannins. Terrific juice.” 94 points
Burgundy Report – Bill Nanson 2016-11
“The spicy, tighter but very slowly growing fine and fresh aromas. Large volume, lots of mouth-watering fruit and pretty gorgeousness. Wow wine – not the massive MOST of energy, goal year ingraining quality – just gorgeous stuff.”
BETTANE ET DESSEAUVE Guide 2017
15/20 – “Ce vin se présente dans un profil sobre, dans une trame svelte, droite, au fruit croquant et nerveux, aux tanins mats, servi par un élevage discret.”
WINE ADVOCATE – Robert PARKER
88-90 points
Burgundy Briefing – Sarah Marsh
“Touch of spice and floral fragrance. Good tension in the middle palate with a svelte texture and dark, juicy fruit with light fennel, liquorish.
BETTANE ET DESSEAUVE
17/20 – “À la fois sensuel et soyeux, ce premier cru offre un tannin énergique et épicé de bonne dimension.“
Burgundy Briefing – Sarah Marsh
“Flowers and spice on the aroma. Good fresh acidity. Ripe, supportive tannins. Peppery. Fine.”
Burghound.com – Allen Meadows
91-93 “A very pure extract of red pinot fruit nose is liberally laced with earth and rose petal hints that give way to rich, full-bodied and tautly muscular medium weight plus flavors that possess mouth coating extract. There is a restrained character to the beautyfully balanced, long and moderately austere finish where the supporting tannins are not only prominent but suggest that a decade or more of cellar time will be required.”
Wine Spectator
91 points – “A lean, sinewy red, showing a beam of pure cherry, wild berry, mineral and spice notes….”
WINE ENTHUSIAST – March 2008
94 points – “A beautiful rounded wine, full of juicy fruit,…”
BETTANE & DESSEAUVE 2008
16/20
Bourgogne Aujourd’hui – Janvier 2012 15/20
“Une belle bouteille, à la fois élégante et concentrée, avec beaucoup de volume et de pureté en bouche.”
- + 2020
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VINOUS Antonio Galloni – Neal Martin 2021-10 91-93 pts
“The 2020 Pommard Les Grands Epenots 1er Cru has quite a high-toned bouquet with black cherries, prune and cassis aromas. The palate is sweet and candied with succulent ripe tannins, very sweet towards the finish that shows a bit of the 40% new oak. I cannot help feeling this is showing a soupcon of sur-maturité. ”
Burghound.com – Allen Meadows 2022 – Issue 86
92
- + 2019
-
The Wine Advocate – William Kelley 2021-01 92-94 pts
“Wafting from the glass with notes of plums, sweet soil tones, peonies and warm spices, Anne Morey’s 2019 Pommard 1er Cru Les Grands Epenots is medium to full-bodied, velvety and dynamic, with a concentrated core of fruit, lively acids and a long, sapid finish.”
Burghound.com – Allen Meadows 2021 – Issue 82
89-92 – “This is very ripe though it’s notably fresher with its aromas of poached plum, warm earth and violet nuances. There is excellent punch to the more vibrant and delicious bigger-bodied flavors that once again coat the palate with dry extract that serves to buffer the firm tannins shaping the lengthy finish where the only nit is a touch of warmth. this could likely be approchaed after 5 to 7 years.”
- + 2017
-
Robert Parker Wine Advocate – William Kelley 2018-10 92 pts
The 2017 Pommard 1er Cru Les Grands Epenots is showing beautifully from bottle, offering up a deep bouquet of ripe berry fruit, plums and cherries mingled with soil tones and hints of blood orange. Medium to full-bodied, with fine mid-palate volume and powdery structuring tannins, this is a lively, elegant Grands Epenots that has realized the potential it showed in barrel.
- + 2015
-
Decanter Magazine – William Kelley 2016-10
“This domaine is better-known for its white wines, but the 2015 Grands Epenots, from vines planted in 1965, is a really serious bottle of Pommard that it would be a mistake to overlook. Creamy red-black fruit, subtle notes of grilled meats, spice and gentle framing of new oak mingle in an incipiently complex bouquet, introducing a full-bodied, deep and concentrated wine, structured around supple, elegantly ripe tannins. Terrific juice.” 94 points
Burgundy Report – Bill Nanson 2016-11
“The spicy, tighter but very slowly growing fine and fresh aromas. Large volume, lots of mouth-watering fruit and pretty gorgeousness. Wow wine – not the massive MOST of energy, goal year ingraining quality – just gorgeous stuff.”
- + 2014
-
BETTANE ET DESSEAUVE Guide 2017
15/20 – “Ce vin se présente dans un profil sobre, dans une trame svelte, droite, au fruit croquant et nerveux, aux tanins mats, servi par un élevage discret.”
- + 2013
-
WINE ADVOCATE – Robert PARKER
88-90 points
- + 2011
-
Burgundy Briefing – Sarah Marsh
“Touch of spice and floral fragrance. Good tension in the middle palate with a svelte texture and dark, juicy fruit with light fennel, liquorish.
BETTANE ET DESSEAUVE
17/20 – “À la fois sensuel et soyeux, ce premier cru offre un tannin énergique et épicé de bonne dimension.“
- + 2010
-
Burgundy Briefing – Sarah Marsh
“Flowers and spice on the aroma. Good fresh acidity. Ripe, supportive tannins. Peppery. Fine.”
Burghound.com – Allen Meadows
91-93 “A very pure extract of red pinot fruit nose is liberally laced with earth and rose petal hints that give way to rich, full-bodied and tautly muscular medium weight plus flavors that possess mouth coating extract. There is a restrained character to the beautyfully balanced, long and moderately austere finish where the supporting tannins are not only prominent but suggest that a decade or more of cellar time will be required.”
- + 2006
-
Wine Spectator
91 points – “A lean, sinewy red, showing a beam of pure cherry, wild berry, mineral and spice notes….”
- + 2005
-
WINE ENTHUSIAST – March 2008
94 points – “A beautiful rounded wine, full of juicy fruit,…”
BETTANE & DESSEAUVE 2008
16/20
- + 2009
-
Bourgogne Aujourd’hui – Janvier 2012 15/20
“Une belle bouteille, à la fois élégante et concentrée, avec beaucoup de volume et de pureté en bouche.”
