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2011 Auxey-Duresses, 1er Cru, Comte Armand, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready - mature
Jancis Robinson MW
16/20
Product: 20111261017
2011 Auxey-Duresses, 1er Cru, Comte Armand, Burgundy

Description

Glowing a fine pink to purple, this is very fresh Pinot Noir, but has a lovely velvet character too, with crunchy fruit, good density, fresh acidity and very long length. I love this wine.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director Volumes at Domaine du Comte Armand were broadly similar to 2010 in 2011, but will be catastrophically low in 2012 as Pommard was one of the hardest hit villages with the poor weather. We must therefore take advantage of Benjamin Leroux’s brilliant range of wines made available this year, from the supposedly lowly Aligoté upwards. Look out for the potential of the fabulous Clos des Epeneaux, which Ben has harnessed to a quality level rarely seen before.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2011
Maturity Ready - mature
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine Comte Armand

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 16/20
Lively and transparent with lots of acidity. Sinewy. Dry finish. Energy but not much charm here. jancis_robinson_mw MW - JancisRobinson.com - Jan 2013
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2013)

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.
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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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