de Montille, Pommard Cras Vintage:2015 which is made from de-stemmed

which is made from de-stemmed fruit

I would again be inclined to allow it another few years of cellaring first

(from a holding of

tobacco and earthy aromatics is not enough to take away the rustic tannins that mar this medium bodied wine in the finish

and this wine shows little of the ripe

de Montille, Pommard Cras Vintage:2015 which is made from de-stemmed(from ~80 year old vines; 33% whole clusters). A mildly fruity nose is cut with plenty of freshly turned earth and more discreet floral wisps. The brooding, intense and muscular flavors possess very fine volume as well as a discreet minerality that continues onto the serious, persistent and balanced if decidedly rustic finish. This borderline old school effort is sufficiently firmly structured to suggest that all of a decade will be necessary for it