2006 Pommard Vaumuriens

Yves Confuron, who did not start harvesting in 2006 until September 25 and then picked into October, told me that rot was an issue but not hail, with Domaine du Courcel eliminating the affected fruit in the vines and on their sorting table. Ultimately, the wines have substantial fine tannins, good aromatic richness and plenty of style, he told me. "They're like the '01s but with more elegance and material, in the direction of 2002," he said, "while the 2005s are like the '02s but with riper fruit. The 2006s are more classic than the '05s, but the wines from the Cote de Beaune are less floral than those from the Cote de Nuits; they're more about fruit. The Cote de Beaune 2006s really need until next spring to be presentable, but they have at least as much material as wines from the Cote de Nuits."