Domaine Violot-Guillemard — Pommard
A true character in every sense of the word, Thierry Violot sports a wild, bushy, walrus mustache that belies the understated elegance in his luscious wines. Where most others find aggressive tannins, Thierry finds the finesse. You will not find Pommards like this at any other address – an exquisite balance between power and grace. Among the standouts are the 1er Crus Pommard Rugiens and the tiny, less than a ¼ acre monopole Clos de Derrière St. Jean (the smallest 1er Cru in all of Burgundy) – which produces no more than 1 barrel of wine each year.
Thierry Violot in his cellar in Pommard
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2007 Pommard $42 >>
- Elegant red berries and earth – a lovely purity of fruit. Very pretty and seductive for Pommard.
2007 Pommard Platières 1er Cru $65 >>
- (from a .7 ha parcel containing the Domaine’s oldest vines planted in ‘36). A more deeply pitched nose of red berries, warm iron-infused earth and crushed herb also displays a background hint of reduction so I would suggest decanting for 30 minutes first. The flavors by contrast are fresh and highly energetic…
2006 Volnay Cros Martin SOLD OUT >>
- “(the second vintage for this wine). A highly expressive nose of pure red berry fruit that is both elegant and airy introduces sweet and round middle weight flavors that possess fine detail and a hint of finishing rusticity. An understated effort. 87/2011+”
2006 Pommard $42 >>
- “Violot manages to coax something elegant even from what is typically a rustic appellation. Here the nose offers up pretty and notably high-toned red pinot fruit with undertones of earth and a hint of the sauvage that is in keeping with the fresh, energetic and detailed flavors that possess fine punch and finishing verve. 87/2011+”
2006 Pommard Pezerolles 1er $60 >>
- “The barest touch of wood frames a beautifully elegant, airy and pure mineral and earthinflected red berry fruit nose where the minerality also defines the rich, round and finely detailed medium full flavors that possess a naturally sweet and mouth coating finish. 89/2013+”
2006 Pommard Platières 1er $60 >>
- “(from a .7 ha parcel containing the Domaine’s oldest vines planted in ‘36). A distinctly earthy nose that is less elegant than the finest here but still attractively deep in its own right with mostly red berry fruit aromas that are very pinot in character that merge into sweet, delicious and beautifully intense, all wrapped in a finish that delivers ample Pommard character without being overly rustic. Recommended. 90/2013+”
2006 Beaune Clos des Mouches 1er $55 >>
- “(from vines planted in ’47). A notably step up in aromatic complexity with pretty red berry fruit trimmed in a gentle touch of wood leading to round, supple and very forward medium-bodied flavors that are fresh and bright on the generous and punchy finish. This is very Beaune in fundamental character. 88/2012+”
2006 Pommard Clos de Derrière St. Jean 1er $75 >>
- “(a monopole of the Domaine that measures only 11 ares, which is to say .11 ha or one-quarter acre; the vines were planted in ‘47). A complex nose mixes notes of the sauvage and a vegetal component that adds nuance to the otherwise very pretty red berry fruit aromas that complement perfectly the fresh, intense and bright middle weight flavors that are supple, detailed and vibrant on the delicious if slightly edgy finish. 89/2013+” (Ours EXCLUSIVELY for the World.)
2006 Pommard Rugiens 1er $85 >>
- “(from a .5 ha parcel located at the bottom of Rugiens Haut). This is arguably the most elegant wine in the range and this too offers a gorgeously pure red pinot and mineral-infused nose that slide into sweet, delicious, tautly muscled and intensely minerally medium plus weight flavors that possess a lovely mouth coating textured on the deep, powerful and long finish. Definitely worth a look as this is a Rugiens of finesse. 91/2013+”