1991 Domaine Comte Armand Pommard Clos des Epeneaux 1er Cru

I have never been an enormous fan of this period for Comte Armand. The 1991 Pommard Clos des Epeneaux 1er Cru, served from ex-domaine magnum, has a rather ham-fisted, medicinal bouquet that lacks the essence of Pinot Noir. The palate is fully mature yet, like the 2005 tasted a few weeks later, rather charmless, with a brettanomyces-tinged finish. Drink soon. Tasted at a private dinner in London.

The 1991 Pommard Clos des Epeneaux comes from an era where I find the wines overblown in style. This replicates previous bottles with its hard-to-like medicinal nose that does not sing of Burgundy. The palate is concentrated and heavy-handed with leather-tinged black fruit, leading to a funky, feral finish that decays in the glass. Past its peak. Tasted over dinner in Beaune.

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. This tasting was organized by UK importer Howard Ripley Ltd. Ticket was paid in full by The Wine Advocate.