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2008 Pommard Clos des Epeneaux 1er Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Pommard

Burgundy

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir

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For an estate on the Cote de Beaune, the Domaine des Epeneaux picked relatively late in 2008, starting on September 29. "We needed the north wind," said Benjamin Leroux, who told me that potential alcohol levels were between 12.8% and 13.2%, and that the sorting was easy in 2008 (as well as in '07) because the wine dried out the rotten grapes. Two thousand eight was a more difficult vintage in the vineyards than 2007 had been, but it was still fairly easy to harvest and to vinify. The team here did a "big leaf pulling" in July and reduced the crop later in the summer, with the target yield in the 30 hectoliters-per-hectare range. But the result was between 20 and 25, said Leroux. He describes the 2008s as having "a cold type of ripeness, like 2006." (A Becky Wasserman selection; importers include Wines Unlimited, New Orleans, LA; Martin-Scott Wines. Ltd., Lake Success, NY)