2007 Pommard Jarollieres
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Strongly sweet-smoky notes of machine oil along with ripe cherry, resin, cedar, and chocolate in the nose of Landanger’s 2007 Pommard Jarollieres presage a palate of similar pungency and complexity, with peat and Lapsang tea smokiness allied to deep roasted meatiness. Broad-shouldered yet energetic and resonantly long, this is impressive – not just for its vintage – and should be capable of cellaring well for 7-10 years, though one can savor it with great pleasure already. Patrick Landanger’s recent vintages seem to reflect increasing confidence (not to mention consistency), displaying a sense of restraint while combining richness and transparency to detail. Between the threat of rot and of roasting, he observes, the 2007s required more rigorous sorting than did the fruit from 2008, with a correspondingly lower crop, but Landanger and his crew did an outstanding job in the face of 2007 adversities as well as in 2008. Importer: Langdon-Shiverick Imports, Cleveland, OH; tel. (216) 861 6800 and a Peter Vezan Selection (various importers), Paris; fax 011 33 1 42 55 42 93
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Good deep red. Black cherry and flowers on the tight nose. Solid and sweet but chunkier than the Volnays and a bit closed, not yet showing much detail. This rather brooding and tannic wine will need a few years of patience.
Bright, deep red with ruby highlights. Complex nose melds black raspberry, redcurrant, black cherry, smoke, licorice and mocha. Then brooding and medicinal in the mouth, much less expressive and sweet today than the Clos des 60 Ouvrees. In a distinctly solid and slightly tough style, with firm tannins less covered by mid-palate material.