Burgundy
Vincent Girardin - Pommard - Les Vieilles Vignes - Rouge - 2016
Characteristics
Country / Region: Burgundy
Vintage: 2016
Name: AOP Pommard
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir
Alcohol: 13 vol.
Color: Red
Capacity: 75 cl
AWARDS
House rated 1 star in the Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2022 (RVF)
House rated 4 stars in the Guide Bettane + Desseauve 2022
Wine:
With a remarkable intensity of fruit, the 2016 Pommard Vieilles Vignes is a powerful and complex wine. It is very colorful, and has beautiful black fruit, fresh cherry and red berry notes. It delivers a rather ambitious score, an opulent and complex palate capable of aging perfectly. It is a wine with a rich consistency, a very nice Pommard to pair with stewed meat or game.Vinification:
Manual harvesting, light crushing and destemming, vinification in stainless steel tanks.Aged in barrels, 30% of which are new, for 15 months.
Color:
Deep and intense red.Nose:
Intensely fruity, beautiful notes of black fruits, fresh cherry and small red berries.Palate:
Powerful and complex, this wine has an opulent palate with a beautiful aging potential!
Temperature:
Serve between 16 and 18°C.Food and wine pairing:
Autumnal dishes such as beef bourguignon, game birds or game animals.Cellar aging:
From now until 2027
Vincent Girardin is at the top of the hierarchy of the great names of Burgundy. With unfailing regularity, his highly seductive wines express themselves in a modern style, both unctuous and concentrated, with great sensuality and a gorgeous texture.
Entirely converted to biodynamic farming and qualified as an "exceptional estate" by Robert Parker, Vincent Girardin produces wines that are among the most sought after by Burgundy wine lovers.