Domaine Billard-Gonnet
Chaponnières Pommard 1er Cru Pinot Noir
Pommard, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France
Nose is a bit mute but has lovely penetrating minerality. Also dark cherries, plum, and smells like there is a lot there but it is still a bit tight. Will take a few hours to unfurl. Terrific palate! Fresh and concentrated with a lovely wirey nimbleness. Big tannins coated with huge minerality. Glorious fruit and depth. Stunning wine. All the components are there for greatness. I’ll be back.
Nose is a bit mute but has lovely penetrating minerality. Also dark cherries, plum, and smells like there is a lot there but it is still a bit tight. Will take a few hours to unfurl. Terrific palate! Fresh and concentrated with a lovely wirey nimbleness. Big tannins coated with huge minerality. Glorious fruit and depth. Stunning wine. All the components are there for greatness. I’ll be back.
Aug 11th, 2021What a nose. Big time macerated cherries. Confectionary aromas. Mid season cherries and lovely ripeness. Huge mineral background. So stoney. Really alluring and aromatic. Just singing out of the gates. Glorious fruit. Lovely 2012 amplitude. Big time freshness and loads of deep, detailed sweet cherry fruit. Great acids, cut and minerality that just goes on and on and intermingles with the fruit perfectly. Great wine.
What a nose. Big time macerated cherries. Confectionary aromas. Mid season cherries and lovely ripeness. Huge mineral background. So stoney. Really alluring and aromatic. Just singing out of the gates. Glorious fruit. Lovely 2012 amplitude. Big time freshness and loads of deep, detailed sweet cherry fruit. Great acids, cut and minerality that just goes on and on and intermingles with the fruit perfectly. Great wine.
Dec 7th, 2020Stellar. No formal notes. Young but not totally inaccessible.
Stellar. No formal notes. Young but not totally inaccessible.
Apr 9th, 2019
Fucking burgundy!!!! Pretty much that’s the note.
Nose has earth, precise cherries. Just ... perfect fucking burgundy.
Palate. Precise cherries. A hint of cherry licorice. So fresh and balanced. So grippy. Great texture. Almost a hint of grapefruit pith to round it out. So well made. Just lasers the palate with fresh cherry juice. ... fucking burgundy!
As it opens you get some of that elegant richness that you want. Finish is gorgeous cherries. Cherry licorice. Almost a hint of chocolate covered cherries. So fucking good.
This is exactly what you want. Not an iota more. Not an iota less.
Like I said ... fucking burgundy! So awesome and classic.
And yes this needs another 5 years. Sue me.
Bought from fass selections.
Fucking burgundy!!!! Pretty much that’s the note.
Nose has earth, precise cherries. Just ... perfect fucking burgundy.
Palate. Precise cherries. A hint of cherry licorice. So fresh and balanced. So grippy. Great texture. Almost a hint of grapefruit pith to round it out. So well made. Just lasers the palate with fresh cherry juice. ... fucking burgundy!
As it opens you get some of that elegant richness that you want. Finish is gorgeous cherries. Cherry licorice. Almost a hint of chocolate covered cherries. So fucking good.
This is exactly what you want. Not an iota more. Not an iota less.
Like I said ... fucking burgundy! So awesome and classic.
And yes this needs another 5 years. Sue me.
Bought from fass selections.
Amazing. So floral, red-fruited and minerally. Leaner style but with great depth. Still some tannin to shed. Very elegant.
Amazing. So floral, red-fruited and minerally. Leaner style but with great depth. Still some tannin to shed. Very elegant.
1 person found it helpfulApr 22nd, 2018Matthew had this 7 years ago
Matthew had this 7 years ago
1 person found it helpfulMar 21st, 2017Still tight and very young but really well made. Bright cherry with huge acidity. Balance is special. Starting to show some internal aromatics. Some nice juiciness. Really a flawlessly well made wine. Nice cherry finish.
Still tight and very young but really well made. Bright cherry with huge acidity. Balance is special. Starting to show some internal aromatics. Some nice juiciness. Really a flawlessly well made wine. Nice cherry finish.
1 person found it helpfulMar 5th, 2015
Bottle two showed so much better than the first. Sultry red fruit and dried flowers. Wowee acid.
Bottle two showed so much better than the first. Sultry red fruit and dried flowers. Wowee acid.
1 person found it helpfulJan 27th, 2015nose is nada after p n p. But massive palate that is super rich and pure. Big huge ripe epic tannins. Sensual though and velvety and stern and built for long haul. Has an oxidative qualify that you barely see in Burgundy now. So concentrated. So pure.
nose is nada after p n p. But massive palate that is super rich and pure. Big huge ripe epic tannins. Sensual though and velvety and stern and built for long haul. Has an oxidative qualify that you barely see in Burgundy now. So concentrated. So pure.
Nov 4th, 2015Dusty cherry Pommard nose. So traditional. Gorgeous spice, tar and earth. Palate is deep, rich and ripe with lovely finesse driven fruit and purity. So stony and clean as well. Lovely persistence. Way too young but excited to see where this goes for science.
Dusty cherry Pommard nose. So traditional. Gorgeous spice, tar and earth. Palate is deep, rich and ripe with lovely finesse driven fruit and purity. So stony and clean as well. Lovely persistence. Way too young but excited to see where this goes for science.
Jan 4th, 2015