Winemaker Notes
On the nose, fruit aromas coupled with wilder animal notes expressed on an oaky touch. This is a robust, solid wine with a present tannic structure. very good ageing potential. Pair with red meat in sauce, game, venison, full-flavored cheeses.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: While I am the first to admit that Pommard is not one of my favorite appellations in the Côte de Beaune. I often find the wines lacking in distinction. Fortunately, the 2017 Bouchard Père & Fils Pommard is decidedly an excellent wine. TASTING NOTES: This wine dazzles with delicate red and black fruit aromas and flavors. Its richness should pair well with a rotisserie chicken in a creamy wine reduction sauce. (Tasted: March 14, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Spectator
Pure and elegant, featuring strawberry and cherry flavors up front, with spice and vegetal accents. Supple and firm, providing good tension as this plays out on the long finish. Drink now through 2028.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
Representing some of the darkest, deepest and sturdiest Pinot Noir of Burgundy, Pommard is one of the two villages in Côte de Beaune—along with Volnay—that is recognized for its impressive Pinot Noir. While it can’t boast any Grands Crus vineyards, its extraordinary Premiers Crus vineyards are aplenty.
Les Pézerolles, Les Épenots, Clos des Épeneaux, Les Chanlins, Les Jarolières, Les Fremiers and particularly Les Rugiens are among the most outstanding Premiers Crus.
The best Pommards will be concentrated in flavors such as black cherry, blackberry and dark chocolate, have dazzling aromas of violets, menthol or wild herbs and a firm and powerful finish. They typically demand some time in the bottle to reach their peak.