DOMAINE COMTE ARMAND Pommard 1er Cru 'Clos des Epeneaux' Monopole 2017 Bottle

Description

The 2017 Pommard 1er Cru Clos des Epeneaux is an exceptional wine that exemplifies the elegance of the Côte d'Or, earning 94 points from The Wine Advocate, Decanter, and Vinous. The Wine Advocate describes its expressive, youthful bouquet of raspberries, cherries, and rose petals, complemented by a subtle hint of new oak. On the palate, it reveals a medium to full-bodied wine with a velvety texture, succulent acidity, and refined tannins. Decanter highlights its approachable style, with appealing perfume and fine tannic grip. Vinous appreciates its defined aromas of red berry fruit and tea leaves, creating a classic expression. This delightful and seductive wine is best enjoyed from 2024 to 2038, promising a charming and memorable experience.

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THE WINE ADVOCATE 94 points
Drink Date: 2027 - 2055
The 2017 Pommard 1er Cru Clos des Epeneaux has gained in depth and dimension with élevage and showed very well from bottle, unfurling in the glass with an expressive, youthfully fruit-driven bouquet of raspberries, cherries, candied peel and rose petals, framed by a subtle touch of new oak. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, velvety and fleshy, with succulent acids and elegant tannins. While this isn't as rich, muscular or gourmand as the 2018, it's an immensely seductive wine that will drink well comparatively young—though readers should still plan on exercising at least a decade's patience. - William Kelley (Feb 2020)

DECANTER 94 points
Tasted by: Tim Atkin MW
(at 2017 En primeur tastings, Burgundy, 01 Nov 2018)
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2029
Paul Zanetti tends to make two different cuvées from the Clos des Epeneaux, one from younger vines and one from the older, left side of the premier cru, planted between 65 and 98 years ago. The combination in bottle is definitely more than the sum of its parts. This is not a blockbuster vintage for what can be an ageworthy wine, but it's still appealing in a lighter, more approachable mode, with some tannic grip but lots of perfume, finesse and succulent berry sweetness.

VINOUS 94 points
Drinking Window 2024 - 2038
From: Dance the Quickstep: Burgundy 2020 (Dec 2021)
The 2017 Pommard Clos des Epeneaux 1er Cru offers attractive red berry fruit, undergrowth and tea leaf aromas that are very well defined. The palate is medium-bodied with quite firm tannins, fresh acidity, classic in style with a plenty of blood orange and zesty notes, a touch of sous-bois towards the finish. "Old school" after tasting the 2018, 2019 and 2020, but I really admire this, perhaps more than the '18. - By Neal Martin on November 2021