2016 Pommard Village

This is a Pommard grower that has been on my radar for a while, so I was pleased to finally a) taste the wines and b) find them to my liking. The family traces their roots back to 1552 when the aptly named Jean Bourgogne settled in Pommard. Since 2002, 34-year old David Rebourgeon has run the Domaine after taking over from his father Daniel. He introduced a vibrating sorting table and vertical press to engender more elegance in what can sometimes be rustic wines. David tends around 18 acres of vine dispersed across Pommard, Volnay and Beaune. Tenets include de-budding and green harvesting in July to limit yields, lutte raisonnée in the vineyard, picking by hand, complete de-stemming and a 14- to 18-month barrel maturation. I have to say, I was mightily impressed by some of David’s 2016s, especially an outstanding Pommard Les Grands Epenots, Pommerd Clos des Arvelets, Volnay Taillepieds and Volnay Santenots. Sometimes you taste through a range of wines that leaves you feeling elated. That was certainly the case here. I cannot wait to taste more from this domaine.