2016 Jacques Prieur Pommard 1er Cru Les Charmots

Domaine Jacques Prieur

France / Burgundy / Domaine Jacques Prieur

100% Pinot Noir from holdings of 0.27 hectares, coming from two small parcels located on the mid-slope overlooking the 1er cru Les Epenots. The site has ideal east exposure on a well-drained, shallow, stony soil consisting of marly limestone. 21 days in the open wooden vat at controlled temperature; plunged twice a day during alcoholic fermentation. 17 months' élevage in oak. 100% whole bunches in 2016.

January, 2018

Stephen Tanzer

Vinous Media

90-92 points

(100% vendange entier; one of the three barrels was new, the other ones two years old): Dark red with ruby tones. Very spicy, high-pitched nose combines dark berries, licorice, flowers and wild herbs. Savory, fine-grained wine with a distinct saltiness and no rough edges. Finishes with firm, well-buffered tannins and lovely rising perfume. A classy Pommard in the making. The whole clusters worked much better here than in the 2015, which began with too much dry material owing to the tiny crop level (7.4 h/h in 2015, vs. 25.3 in '16), noted Nadine Gublin.

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About Domaine Jacques Prieur

Since 1868, Domaine Jacques Prieur has created one of the rarest mosaics of terroirs in Burgundy. Today it’s probably the only estate with vineyards on the greatest appellations both of Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits, including Chambertin, Musigny, Clos Vougeot, Echézeaux, Corton, Meursault and Montrachet. This amazing collection is completed by other prestigious appellations and three clos monopole sites. Several of these phenomenal parcels of vines were snapped up at the turn of the 20th century by Jacques' great uncle. Current custodians, the Labruyère family of southern Burgundy, became involved in 1988. The domaine, which switched to 100% organic viticulture in 2000, is nowadays run by Edouard Labruyère alongside the heirs of the Prieur family. The warm and acutely intelligent Nadine Gublin serves as oenologist, a position she has held since 1990. Steeped in tradition and armed with a quality-at-all-costs philosophy, the lofty standards of this great domaine keep on climbing.

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Nadine has been oenologist at the Labruyère family's Burgundy estate Domaine Jacques Prieur's since 1990. She has been technical manager there since 2009, when she also took the same role at Domaine Labruyère in Moulin-à-Vent. Well-known among fine wine enthusiasts for many years, in 1998 she was name Best French Winemaker by the highly respected Revue du Vin de France. She is an advocate of sustained farming, precise winemaking and optimal ripeness.