POMMARD 1er CRU LES EPENOTS DOMAINE PARENT 2020
Sœurs,Anne et Catherine, animées d’une même vision, nous perpétuons à la lumière du présent l’héritage familial de 12 générations. Passionnées de biodynamie dès avant son essor, inspirées par l’approche avant-gardiste de notre père Jacques Parent, sa précision technique et ses amitiés gastronomiques, nous cultivons une approche vivante et naturelle des vins de Bourgogne. Protéger, révéler et partager les richesses de nos terres est notre souhait le plus cher. Attachées au sens de la famille, nous travaillons en étroite collaboration avec un petit nombre de personnes qui contribuent chacune à préserver la beauté et la finesse des vins du domaine.
BURGHOUND : 91-94
Anne Parent, who has directed this 10 ha domaine since 1998 where 90% of the production is in red, told me that “2020 is a remarkable vintage in the sense that such a warm and seriously dry growing season could produce such wonderfully fresh and energetic wines. The vegetative cycle began early and there was some shatter with the pinot that affected yields somewhat. We picked from the 25th of August and while the fruit was super-clean, yields were about average at around 35 hl/ha, which is lower than the 39 hl/ha we obtained in 2019. The potential alcohols were mostly in the 13 to 13.5% range with one wine that hit 13.8%.
I again used a relatively high percentage of whole clusters while doing a relatively soft vinification as a more aggressive approach would probably have produced too much tannin. I am very excited by the prospect of seeing how the 2020s will age as I firmly believe that they are true vins de garde.” I was very impressed with the quality I found here, and these are wines to search for.
As is usually the case, Parent noted that the 2020s will be bottled without fining or filtration.
2020 Pommard “Les Epenots”: (from both Grands and Petits in a roughly 50/50 proportion; 60% whole clusters). This is the first wine in the range to display any appreciable reduction and here it completely overshadows the fruit. Otherwise, there is good lift, detail and freshness to the very rich and plush medium weight plus flavors that possess both fine length and balance though like several wines in the range, more depth will be necessary to achieve the upper end of my projected range. With that said, there is again very good underlying material so I am optimistic that more depth will eventually develop. (91-94)/2032+
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