Description

Red Wine: 2008 | Comte Armand | Clos des Epeneaux Monopole

The 2008 Clos des Epeneaux presents an enticing aroma profile that is gradually evolving towards tertiary notes.

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Producer: Comte Armand

Ratings: WA | 94 AM | 92

Vintage: 2008

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

The 2008 Clos des Epeneaux presents an enticing aroma profile that is gradually evolving towards tertiary notes. Currently, the wine retains a pronounced fruitiness and an appealing herbaceous character. The palate is well-balanced and concludes with a satisfying finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2008 Pommard Clos des Epeneaux is far superior to the 2005. It is relatively backward on the nose, but it has startling delineation with open, natural red-berry fruit predominantly freshly picked strawberries, raspberry and pomegranate. With continued aeration it offers a cheeky hint of white chocolate. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, supple tannins. This is very harmonious and feminine with a silky texture that lends it a Vosne-like finish.

• Allen Meadows: Extremely subtle wood frames more complex and more densely fruited earthy and fresh red Pinot, plum and currant aromas that slide gracefully into detailed, intense and big-bodied flavors that possess plenty of dry extract which does its job of buffering the firm tannic spine on the detailed, balanced and strikingly long finish.

Producer Information

Domaine des Epeneaux Comte Armand is a Burgundy producer in the Pommard appellation of the Cte de Beaune. It is known for its Pinot Noir, especially that from the estate’s premier cru monopole, Clos de Epeneaux. The domaine has been owned by the Armand family for almost two centuries. Nicolas Marey bought the 5 hectare (12 acre) Epeneaux vineyard at the end of the 18th Century after it was confiscated from the church during the French Revolution. Clos de Epeneaux is nestled between the Grands Epenots and Petits Epenots in Pommard, and together they constitute the prestigious Epenots lieu-dit. Marey built the wall (or clos) sometime around 1805 and established the monopole, as well as the name of the domaine. It then passed by marriage to the Armand family in 1828. Clos de Epeneaux has since been named a premier cru site and is one of the ten largest monopole vineyards in the Cte d’Or. The Armand family sold all of their vineyards in the middle of the 19th century, except for Clos des Epeneaux. For more than a hundred years the domaine consisted singly of the monopole vineyard, until it expanded in 1994 with parcels in Volnay and later Auxey-Duresses. Domaine des Epeneaux now organically farms 9ha (22 acres) of vines with an average age of 50 years and some as old as 80. Winemaking begins with a maceration period lasting about a week, followed by spontaneous fermentation for 5-10 days. A subsequent maceration can last up to a further 15 days, with the total process lasting 4 weeks on average. The wines are aged depending on their vineyard and plot, but total barrel aging typically lasts 18 to 24 months. New oak is only used for the oldest vines and even then not more than 30 percent.