TN: '93 Jadot Pommard

Nice notes. I think the Bdx/Burg convergence is probably more evident with the meatier areas like Pommard, Corton, and Gevrey, rather than the more elegant villages lke Volnay and Chambolle, but that's totally conjecture, just musing as I type. I've heard good arguments that Rugiens and Epenots are of GC quality.

Makes sense to me. I never got that sense from any of the '88s we've consumed over the past 1-2 years, but that list is mostly Volnay with a few CdN GCs.

...in the hands of a top producer, perhaps. But, to me, no Village has more disappointing producers in it than Pommard, especially when constrasted with Volnay. Apart from Jadot, Drouhin(?), de Montille and D'Angerville, I can't really think of anyone making good wine in Pommard. I see that Nicolas Potel now makes wine there, but I haven't seen anything about it.

Mark Lipton

I have to agree re:Pommard. Nothing really charming about the wines from there although I still have a few '98 Epenots from Vincent Girardin that aren't bad. I also find a convergence on older brg/bdx melding together but I tend to find that it holds true for many red wines from various regions when they get old enough they all tend to get similar flavor profiles. For some it might take 30+ years but eventually they all seem to get that earthy, cigarbox, leathery notes. Just as older white wines tend to get nutty with age...or maybe it's just me.

I quite like Michel Gaunoux and de Courcel, and (from one taste) Louis Boillot.

Comte Armand is of course the big name, though I don't always love the style.

Outside the two vineyards I mentioned, Lafarge does well in Pezerolles and Coche just added a Pommard 1er.