Pommard Cuvée Billardet
Region:
Côte de Beaune |
Village:
Pommard Level: Village |
AOC: Pommard |
Grapes: Pinot Noir |
Color: red |
Tasting
Nice and intense red robe. Nose with fine complexity of dark fruits with chocolate accents. A wine typical from Pommard with a masculine structure without being restrained. Ageing and then a few years in bottles will bring a beautiful patina.
Food matching
A liver terrine, fricassee of ceps, Irish stew.
History
This Cuvée honours 2 eminent doctors at the Hospices: Antoine Billardet who worked through the Revolution, and his son Charles, a student-surgeon in Bonaparte’s army, who devoted 50 years of his life to the sick of Beaune. This is one of the most highly regarded Pommard cuvées in the estate. 87% of the vineyards were planted in 1988 or before, going back to 1960 and 1954. 35% of the Cuvée comes from Premier Cru les Arvelets (average vine age: more than 25 years).
Terroirs
Les Noizons 0.83 ha.,Les Arvelets Premier Cru 0.47 ha.,
Les Cras 0.04 ha.