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2015 Auxey-Duresses, 1er Cru, Comte Armand, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Jancis Robinson MW
17/20
William Kelley
90/100
Stephen Tanzer
90/100
Allen Meadows
91/100
Neal Martin MW
90-92/100
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2015 Auxey-Duresses, 1er Cru, Comte Armand, Burgundy

Description

Ripe purple, with a dense concentration of dark cherry fruit, there is something a touch firmer behind, with more structure, as befits a Premier Cru. The bones are covered by delicious, unctuous fruit. This is a wine with great persistence. Drink 2020-2028.
Jasper Morris MW, Wine Buyer

Paul Zinetti’s second harvest at the domaine has at least given him a few more grapes to play with than 2014 and fruit of exceptional quality. Nonetheless 2015 was once again a very short crop because of the previous hail damage, delivering just one third of what used to be normal. The grapes were mostly de-stemmed, although some whole bunches were used, but always a minority.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Alcohol % 13.5
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Property Domaine Comte Armand

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 17/20
Bright blueish crimson. Lots of layers and interest here. Bright bitter cherry notes on the nose. Racy but not thin. Tense and rather thrilling. Excellent, serious wine and really exciting! Did the cooler location help? jancis_robinson_mw - Jan-2017
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2017)
William Kelley 90/100
The Auxey premier cru has darker, brooding fruit tones, with more concentration and depth than the village example, but it is marked more obviously by the influence of new oak. While the wine's raw materials are superior, its village sibling may give more uncomplicated pleasure. Drinking Window 2028 - 2028 William Kelley - Decanter
William Kelley, Decanter.com
Stephen Tanzer 90/100
A blend of Les Bréterins and Bas des Duresses, the former on calcaire and the latter on clay-based soil; bottled in December of 2016: Healthy full red. Very ripe but sappy aromas of red fruits and licorice. A step up in breadth and finesse of texture from the village Auxey-Duresses, showing a more serious medicinal aspect to its red cherry, mineral and menthol flavors. Finishes classically dry and fairly tannic, considerably longer on the aftertaste than the village version and coating more of the mouth. This comes across as less extreme, not to mention outstanding for its appellation. Stephen Tanzer - Jan-2018
Stephen Tanzer, (Jan 2018)
Allen Meadows 91/100
A slighty more elegant nose offers up licquer-like aromas of dark cherry liqueur that are trimmed in soft earth and floral nuances. The medium-bodied flavors possess a slightly finer mouth feel along with more evident minerality on the refreshing, balanced, layered and lingering finale. This is a very fine Auxey 1er that should drink well after only 5 years of cellaring but reward 8 to 10. Alan Meadows - burghound_com - Apr-2017
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (Apr 2017)
Neal Martin MW 90-92/100
The 2015 Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru, which is a blend of 60% Breterins and 40% Les Bas des Duresses close to Monthlie, had received a bit of SO2 a week before my visit and was due to be transferred into tank for around two months. It contains 10% whole bunch fruit this year and sees 20% new oak. It has a sensual bouquet with black cherries, raspberry and confit fruit all with fine delineation. The tannins here are finer than the village cru as you would expect, the acidity nicely judged (3.4 pH) with a poised and tensile finish that delivers a welcome salinity on the finish. This comes highly recommended and is certainly one of the best 2015s that I have encountered from the appellation.Neil Martin - 28/12/2016
Neal Martin MW, (Dec 2016)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

Domaine Comte Armand

Owned by the family of the Comte Armand since 1825, Clos des Epeneaux is among Pommard’s most revered vineyards. Post-phylloxera, it wasn’t replanted until 1930. Further vineyards were acquired in ’94: Auxey-Duresses, Auxey-Duresses Premier Cru, Volnay and Volnay’s Frémiets. The modern era effectively began with Pascal Marchand, who was succeeded as winemaker by Benjamin Leroux. When Ben left in 2014 to focus on his own business, Paul Zinetti took the reins.

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