2003 Pommard Vaumuriens

Never one to be afraid of superripe fruit, Yves Confuron started picking in 2003 on September 4, bringing in fruit with potential alcohol ranging from 13.5% to 14.8% and sticking to his practice of not adding acid.Yields here were infinitesimal, although production of the domain's old vines were down only about 15% from normal levels.Still, noted Confuron, "if people made 40% less in 2003 than their normal production, their yields are still too high."Confuron did not stray from his normal extraction and his practice of long cuvaisons in 2003; his methods have something in common with those of Jacques Lardiere at Jadot.The malos mostly finished in November and December of 2003, but the wines were still on their lees, unracked, at the time of my visit.