Domaine Comte Armand - Pommard 'Clos des Epeneaux' Monopole 1990
Price: $499.99
Producer | Domaine Comte Armand |
Country | France |
Region | Burgundy |
Subregion | Cotes de Beaune |
Varietal | Pinot Noir |
Vintage | 1990 |
Sku | 31972 |
Domaine Comte Armand Description
Vineyard notes: "With a surface of 5.23 hectares, the Clos des Epeneaux is one of the largest monopolies of the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits (both 1er crus and grands crus included). The vines varies between 30 and 80 years, with a density of plantation of 12,000 vines / hectare."
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
Similar to the 1990s from one of Pommard's other top producers, Armand and Aleth Girardin, this is a monster wine. It is one of the most concentrated, massive Pinot Noirs I have ever tasted. The wine was bottled with no fining or filtering after it had spent 23-months in small oak casks. The color is black/purple, and the nose offers up sweet aromas of licorice, minerals, and super-ripe black fruits intertwined with the smell of toasty vanillin new oak. In the mouth, there is awesome concentration, a thick, glycerin-imbued, full-bodied, chewy texture, and mouthsearing tannins in the explosively long finish. This should prove to be a monumental Pommard, but prospective purchasers will need to wait 10-12 years for this wine to shed some of its tannic clout. It should keep for 25-30 years. (RP) (12/1992)