Maison Roche de Bellene - Pommard - Rouge - 2019

Wine:

The 2019 red Pommard is already starting to taste very well, carried by very ripe flavors of fruit, a solar dimension without excess. The notes of black cherry and morello cherry reveal themselves in a well-proportioned palate of good density. It is a full-bodied, well-constructed Pommard; a bottle to be enjoyed slowly over 3 to 5 years, rated 92/100 by the Committee.

Vinification:

Hand harvested, fermentation under indigenous yeasts, malolactic fermentation carried out in totality.
Aged in oak barrels. Bottled in 2021.

Color:

Bright red with good intensity.

Nose:

Pinot noir of good maturity releasing aromas of black cherries and morello cherries.

Palate:

Dense and full-bodied, this well-constituted wine offers a well-integrated and mastered palate.

Temperature:

Serve between 16 and 18°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Coq au vin rouge, pan-fried porcini mushrooms, rib of beef with coarse salt.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2026, and even more for enthusiasts.

Roche de Bellene is an elite house. Its founder, Nicolas Potel, makes some of the most sensual wines in Burgundy. Very old vines, organic farming… are all finely regulated parameters that forge wines of great caliber, filled with sincere and abundant flavors of fruit. The level reached today is simply astonishing, and Olivier Poussier is enthusiastic about each of his wines. Even the regional ones reach an enviable level of quality...