Pommard, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France
Pale to mid Ruby. A sooty earthy savoury red fruited note with raspberry and new leather. The palate is reserved yet with M+ intensity. Delicate yet assertive. Still very fresh for its age. Elegant with enough palate weight to make it totally enjoyable. Benjamin Leroux was the winemaker who has gone on to more accolades with his own label. Jasper Morris thought that this was the best wine made by Benjamin Leroux during his 14 year tenure at Domaine du Comte Armand. Would go on for several more years if you were lucky enough to be holding some. Pommard is another commune which has no Grand Crus but this must be one of the best Premier Crus. I concur with Jasper Morris MW when he had a bottle of this very wine with friends when he said “we were very sad to finish the bottle “. My son Hugh bought this wine for me from Sotheby’s NY in December 2013 and brought it home in his luggage for Christmas that year and I am so glad he did. This is one of the 1001 Wines.
Pale to mid Ruby. A sooty earthy savoury red fruited note with raspberry and new leather. The palate is reserved yet with M+ intensity. Delicate yet assertive. Still very fresh for its age. Elegant with enough palate weight to make it totally enjoyable. Benjamin Leroux was the winemaker who has gone on to more accolades with his own label. Jasper Morris thought that this was the best wine made by Benjamin Leroux during his 14 year tenure at Domaine du Comte Armand. Would go on for several more years if you were lucky enough to be holding some. Pommard is another commune which has no Grand Crus but this must be one of the best Premier Crus. I concur with Jasper Morris MW when he had a bottle of this very wine with friends when he said “we were very sad to finish the bottle “. My son Hugh bought this wine for me from Sotheby’s NY in December 2013 and brought it home in his luggage for Christmas that year and I am so glad he did. This is one of the 1001 Wines.
Feb 15th, 2026
Plush and quite simple. Inky. Very solid but a little fore square
Plush and quite simple. Inky. Very solid but a little fore square
Oct 16th, 2025
Wowie i love Armand. While this could’ve used a little more age it was still brilliant. Just a shame we couldn’t drink it over a longer period of time to see how it evolved
Wowie i love Armand. While this could’ve used a little more age it was still brilliant. Just a shame we couldn’t drink it over a longer period of time to see how it evolved
Mar 19th, 2023
A baby. Easily another 20 years of life.
A baby. Easily another 20 years of life.
Oct 12th, 2020
Aged burg from great producer but on its very last leg...hazy, stewed mushrooms, tart fruit, dried leaves and turned earth... thanks @Gregory Fulchiero
Aged burg from great producer but on its very last leg...hazy, stewed mushrooms, tart fruit, dried leaves and turned earth... thanks @Gregory Fulchiero
May 17th, 2020
One of the most stunning aged burgundies I’ve ever had the privilege to taste. Soft velvety tannins and waves of lavender, mulling spices, and damp earth. Will be hard to replicate a wine of this pedigree in such a great place of its evolution.
One of the most stunning aged burgundies I’ve ever had the privilege to taste. Soft velvety tannins and waves of lavender, mulling spices, and damp earth. Will be hard to replicate a wine of this pedigree in such a great place of its evolution.
May 16th, 2020Beautiful. Came out of the gate pretty closed, but after an hour in the decanter, it was singing.
Beautiful. Came out of the gate pretty closed, but after an hour in the decanter, it was singing.
Nov 14th, 2019
Wow! Soft and elegant round and voluptuous. Bright cherries and dirty barnyard perfectly balanced mouthful rolling tannins
Wow! Soft and elegant round and voluptuous. Bright cherries and dirty barnyard perfectly balanced mouthful rolling tannins
Aug 15th, 2019A monster that is starting to show better last time I had this it was undrinkable it was so backward starting to show better and I think it will be good in 5 to 10 more years .
A monster that is starting to show better last time I had this it was undrinkable it was so backward starting to show better and I think it will be good in 5 to 10 more years .
Dec 21st, 2018
