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Comte Armand

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Comte Armand

Based in Pommard in the Côte de Beaune, Domaine Comte Armand has been owned by same family in since prior to the French revolution (1799), an astonishing feat. The domaine owns the vineyard of famous 13-acre Monopole Clos des Epeneaux, a 1er Cru in Pommard as well as vineyards productions: Auxey-Duresses, Auxey-Duresses Premier Cru, Volnay and Volnay Frémiets.

The Clos des Epeneaux’s rich and dense composition gives way to the terroir, but has been toned down in recent years by winemaking prodigy Benjamin Leroux and now Paul Zinetti. Comte Armand has earned a reputation as producing some of the world’s best wines, and is among a rare group that attains the rights as a monopole.

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Tasting Notes

WA85
The 1991 Pommard Clos des Epeneaux has a funky, rather spirituous bouquet with juniper berries and eau de vie, quite medicinal in style. The palate seems to translate the winemaking more than the vineyard with strong mulberry and leather notes infused with a scent of horse stables overdue cleaning out! Examining the wine over two hours, it declined in the glass, and given that this came from an ex-cellar magnum, I suggest drinking in the near future. It is past its best.

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