Domaine Genot-Boulanger, Pommard Premier Cru, Clos Blanc

Drank way too young and way too late in the evening. Even still, it is very concentrated with a delightfully lingering finish. A damn good steal for $37!

I served this in my wine course. Smokey, earthy sweet cherry nose. Medium weight, with some medicinal distraction at first, but finishes nicely with firm tannic structure.

Tasted over 2 hrs, bottle from secondary market -med dark red -black cherry iron faint sweet roasted note -med/med+ acidity, med weight nicely focused black cherry iron earth faint medicinal note and a minty hint, adds complexity over a couple hours, fine med tannins -this is quite open for a 7 year old Pommard though first time tasting this producer and cru so can't say how typical it might be, seems to speak true to village and vintage

Opening up at Fasano in New York City, I was happily surprised to find that this bottle didn't need a decant, opening up in our glasses over half an hour while we had champagne. Revisiting the wine once aperitifs were done, the nose was singing as blackberries, florality and smoke created a well balanced, aromatic nose. A really dry wine, the palette was quite complex as a tertiary upfront of herbs, spices, tobacco and leather shifted into a fruitier mid-palette …