Lucien Boillot Pommard Les Croix Noires Premier Cru 2021 750 ML

Yields are limited to 30 to 45 hl/ha, no chemical fertilizers are used, the soil is plowed to promote diversity and health, all grapes are harvested by hand and vinified at the domaine in Gevrey-Chambertin, grapes are de-stemmed most years, the must is cold soaked for 3 to 5 days to best extract color and aroma from the grapes, fermentation is 100% natural and lasts for 18 to 21 days, punching down of the cap occurs twice daily, maximum 30% new oak barrels are used to age the wine, wines are aged for 16 to 18 months depending on the vintage, wine are bottled at the domaine with no fining or filtration, vines planted in 1928. Complex aromas of raspberry, red and black cherry, smoke, leather and earth. Rich and silky-sweet in the mouth, in fact almost lush in the context of this set of wines but still fresh and well-delineated.