Domaine de Courcel, Pommard 1er Cru Grand Clos des Epenots, 1988 SO062625 Peyrassol offer not fruit-forward showiness

not fruit-forward showiness

an original member of Kermit Lynch's legendary "Gang of Four" who reintroduced the world to living

with the savory depth that makes Pomerol so seductive

though modern techniques reveal surprising roundness and longevity when handled carefully

producing a wine with balance and complexity

Domaine de Courcel, Pommard 1er Cru Grand Clos des Epenots, 1988 SO062625 Peyrassol offer not fruit-forward showinessA thirty eight year old Pommard from a walled monopole, in the vintage built to go exactly this distance: 1988 was firm, tannic and high in acid, a year that demanded decades and has finally been given them. Grand Clos des penots is Domaine de Courcel's own 4. 89 hectare enclosure inside Les Grands penots, on brown clay limestone soil only 40 to 60 centimeters deep and studded with limestone rock penots is the Beaune side of Pommard, the perfumed