Pommard, Les Pezerolles, 1er Cru, 2024

Up to 50% whole cluster this year and on the nose, this has a certain cool, stern quality, crushed stone, rosehip and redcurrant. Cleansing minerals sit below the austere fruit. Touches of herbal nuance, some floral notes too, over a bittersweet stony red fruit core. A saline touch on the finish. Firm, but not dense or heavy. A mid-weight Pommard of good purity and precision, for those who like cool minerality and a sense of cleansing stoniness. A blend of two plots within Pezerolles, Les Plants and Le Clos, the former destemmed, the latter fermented whole bunch, owing to vine age.