{"product_id":"maison-gautheron-danost-pommard-les-vignots-rouge-2024","title":"Maison Gautheron d'Anost Pommard Les Vignots Rouge 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Land\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePommard is shorthand for muscle in Burgundy: dense, tannic, built to wait. Les Vignots argues with that. The lieu-dit sits on the western edge of the village at the top of the slope, 330 meters up, above the band of famous premier crus rather than among them. Soils thin out at that height, clay over limestone with more stone and less depth, and the air moves colder. The result is a Pommard with the appellation's frame but noticeably more lift: red fruit rather than black, tension rather than weight. Les Vignots is the strongest case in the appellation that Pommard does not have to be heavy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e100% Pinot Noir. Short maceration, then ambient yeast fermentation in a small stainless steel tank, with two punch-downs a day before fermentation starts and a single daily pump-over once it does. That is a deliberately gentle extraction regime for an appellation usually pushed harder. Aging is in a combination of new and used barrels. Black cherry, cranberry, crushed violet, iron filings, a dusting of clove, fine-grained tannin, and a savory mineral close. 2024 was among the hardest vintages Burgundy has faced in a decade: relentless spring rain, heavy mildew pressure, uneven flowering, and scattered hail through July and August. Cote de Beaune Pinot Noir losses ran as high as 50 percent, and some Pommard parcels came in near 15 hl\/ha. What made it through the sorting table is unusually pure and transparent, lighter in weight and sharper in definition than 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe People\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBastien Gautheron trained under Olivier Leflaive before launching Maison Gautheron d'Anost in 2020, working out of Meursault. He operates across a deliberately wide spread of the Cote, from Bouzeron Aligote to Gevrey-Chambertin, and treats each site as its own problem rather than a house style to impose. Farming is organic, though the estate is not certified. The cellar approach is non-interventionist in the practical sense: native yeast, minimal handling, few additions, and just enough new oak to build structure without covering the fruit. Five years in, these are among the more precise young projects working out of Meursault.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFood Pairing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePommard at this weight wants meat, but not a wall of it. Roast duck breast with a cherry and black pepper pan sauce is the obvious call and the right one. Braised short rib with root vegetables works, so does mushroom risotto finished with thyme and parmesan, or coq au vin over buttered noodles. The acidity and fine tannin handle fat and browned meat without flattening out, and the earthy, iron-tinged core meets mushrooms and roots halfway. Give it an hour in a decanter if you are opening it now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LeDuc Wine Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51201283064031,"sku":null,"price":112.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0439\/7436\/1248\/files\/P8150102_bce56cea-38bd-485e-9413-6d4e39cb1876.jpg?v=1786842590","url":"https:\/\/denverwinemerchant.com\/products\/maison-gautheron-danost-pommard-les-vignots-rouge-2024","provider":"Denver Wine Merchant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}