Pommard 2020, Bejamin Leroux

Purchased fruit from two different vineyards. Les Vaumuriens-Hauts (top of the slope, westernmost point of appellation, facing east/ north-east), Les Cras (more classic Pommard terroir, middle of village appellation and east-facing, across from Rue Au Porc). Alcoholic fermentation and maceration (gentle punch-downs but mostly pump-overs) in stainless steel tank for about 2 weeks (no whole cluster). Vertical press then aging in classic 228L French oak barrels for about 16 months before assemblage and bottling (no fining or filtration).

Produced by Benjamin Leroux

Ben was born in 1975 in Beaune, not to a vigneron family, yet decided in his teens that wine was what he wanted to do. After his enology studies, he worked at Cos d'Estournel in Bordeaux, Domaine Drouhin in Oregon, Louis Jadot in Beaune, and Comte Armand in Pommard, where he was named technical director and manager at the age of 24. In 2007, he founded his own domaine and négoce.

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Tasting Notes

Rich concentrated purple, quite a backward nose then a wealth of dark but far from cooked fruit, with a fresh energy behind.