Vineyard: Epenots

Articles mentioning wines produced from this vineyard

IPNC: Continuing Ed in Pinot Noirvana (6.35 8/6/2007)

Wineries sourcing from this vineyard

Domaine Aleth Girardin

Reviewed wines produced from this vineyard

2005 Domaine Aleth Girardin Pommard Epenots 1er Cru

Aleth’s domaine is comprised of very old plantings in Pommard Villages, Beaune-Clos des Mouches, and three Pommard Premier Crus - Charmots, Epenots, and Rugiens-Bas. The latter two are parcels planted in 1906, some of Burgundy’s first post-phylloxera re-plants. Aleth’s wines are as graceful and elegant as the woman herself. Yields are kept extremely low in the vineyard and new oak is kept to no more than 33%. Some whole-cluster fermentation is employed depending on the vintage. See also page 7 and 8. · Girardin’s 2005 wines have great charm and are very drinkable now. There is no trace of Burgundian rusticity, just lush fruit that is focused and precise. I am going to seek out the wines for my own cellar. Reviewed August 6, 2007 WINERY » ARTICLE »