Michel Lafarge - Pommard Les Pezerolles 2019

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Pommard wine is produced in the commune of Pommard in Côte de Beaune of Burgundy. The Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) Pommard is only used for red wine with Pinot noir as the main grape variety. There are no Grand Cru vineyards within Pommard, but several highly regarded Premier Cru vineyards. The AOC was created in 1937.

In 2008, there were 321.69 hectares (794.9 acres) of vineyard surface in production for Pommard wine at village and Premier Cru level, and 12,892 hectoliter of wine was produced, corresponding to just over 1.7 million bottles.

The AOC regulations also allow up to 15 per cent total of Chardonnay, Pinot blanc and Pinot gris as accessory grapes in the red wines, but this is not very often practiced. The allowed base yield is 40 hectoliter per hectare. The grapes must reach a maturity of at least 10.5 per cent potential alcohol for village-level wine and 11.0 per cent for Premier Cru wine.

Pommard wines are typically among the most powerful and tannic of the Côte de Beaune wines, providing a clear contrast to the light and elegant Volnay wines from the neighboring village.

Burghound: 91-93 Points

Somewhat surprisingly, this is earthier still though it still offers the typical Pézerolles aromatic elegance with its mix of red and dark pinot fruit, floral and plenitude of spice elements. The super-sleek, intense and again beautifully delineated middle weight flavors that also flash good minerality on the firm, youthfully austere and lingering finish that already offers lovely complexity. This too is pretty much textbook. - Allen Meadows

Inside Burgundy: 91-94 Points

This is a small cuvée anyway and now the Lafarges are pulling out half of it which never recovered from the hail years. Decent pink purple colour with considerable fruit weight, which continues on the palate, deep cherry, very good length. - Jasper Morris