Always picked early at De Montille because it sits against the heat-reflecting wall on the north side of Les Grands Epenots. This is another impressive Pommard from Brian Sieve and his team: floral, textured and...

(90-92 points) This too is firmly reduced and about all that can be said is that the nose seems quite ripe. The sleek, delicious and enveloping medium-bodied flavors possess very good mid-palate density before terminating...

Based in Chassagne, where they farm 20.5 acres of vines, Jean-Marc Blain and Claudine Gagnard’s holdings also include one acre in Pommard, producing this floral 2018. It smells of fresh summer roses, the wine’s texture...

(91-93+ points) The 2018 Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens reveals an incipiently complex bouquet of cherries, red berries, licorice, espresso roast and forest floor. It has a medium to full-bodied and ripe but succulent palate...

Charles Ballot often uses 30 to 50% whole bunch for Les Charmots but not in 2018. Three small plots make 6 barrels in a normal year, from a fine selection of pinot with some age (50 to 65 years). Medium deep purple, with...

A mentholated top note is present on the notably spicy aromas of poached plum, black raspberry and warm earth. Once again, the palate impression of the medium weight flavors is supple and pliant yet there is good...

A whiff of menthol can be found on the nicely layered aromas of violet, lilac, earth and red currant scents. The succulent and somewhat more refined middle weight flavors flash a discreet bead of minerality on the sneaky...

A mentholated top note is present on the notably spicy aromas of poached plum, black raspberry and warm earth. Once again, the palate impression of the medium weight flavors is supple and pliant yet there is good...

(91-93 points) Reduction. The mouthfeel of the medium weight plus is finer still and notably more mineral-driven and particularly so on the focused, youthfully austere and impressively long finale. This tautly muscular...