Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley Pommard 2018
92 pts Allen Meadows (Burghound):
"(85% from Vaumuriens-Haut and 15% from En Chiveau). This is quite firmly reduced and while the underlying fruit appears to be ripe it's difficult to read in this condition. Otherwise there is excellent punch to the chalky-textured and muscular medium weight flavors that conclude in a sleek, chiseled, linear and youthfully austere finish. This is an excellent Pommard villages with fine aging potential. Drink: 2026+. (Apr 2020)"
91+ pts William Kelley (Vinous):
"Bouley showed me bottles—blind—of his 2018 Pommard Village, one (the cuvée that will be sold) bottled on a 'flower day' according to the biodynamic calendar, the other (an experiment) bottled on a 'root day.' The differences were surprisingly flagrant, though both were showing well. Exhibiting aromas of red berries, spices, raw cocoa, orange rind and flowers, it's medium to full-bodied, chalky and incisive and once again reflects its origins in the cool and stony lieu-dit of Vaumuriens. While it's shut down out of the gates, this has terrific potential and numbers among the sleepers of the vintage. Drink: 2025-2045. (Jan 2021)"
Burgundy Report:
From Vaumuriens, high on the hill, there’s a cool breeze here and white soil – the opposite conditions of the Volnay VV.’Naturally austere but open from the terre blanche’ . Hmm, floral freshness – really inviting. Direct, fresh, melting with fine tension over the palate. Beautiful Pommard!
Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley位於布根地的Cote de Beaune(伯恩區),已有99年歷史,是當區非常知名的酒莊,曾被媒體選為葡萄酒投資十大潛力標的其中之一,目前正邁向頂級酒莊之路。
從1919年起,Bouley家族從父親到兒子一代一代悉心指導傳承,目前是第四代Thomas Bouley 負責管理,他是一位才華洋溢的釀酒師,曾在美國酒莊及紐西蘭的 Felton Road 工作學習的經歷賦予他不一樣的視野,帶回了不一樣的新釀酒觀念,也為酒莊注入了新鮮活力。酒莊能夠有今天的聲譽,Jean Mark (Thomas 父親) 功不可沒,他在接管酒莊後,大規模的擴建酒莊土地。
Thomas 於2012年接管家族12公頃的葡萄園,葡萄園位於Cote de beanue (伯恩丘) 的Volnay、Pommard 和 Beaune 3個村莊。其中位於自2002年酒莊擴建後,他一直與父親一起工作,進一步觀察每塊土地中的葡萄藤和樹齡、海拔高度和土壤。致力於健康自然的種植方式,種植出低產量而優質的葡萄。葡萄園已長年不使用化學肥料或任何化學藥劑,每株葡萄藤控制在6-8串的掛果率,確保葡萄有充足的日照、良好的通風。此外,透過不鋤草、深耕及剪枝等方式來控制葡萄產量。父子二人共同合作,視酒款不同,將新橡木桶的使用比例提升30% -70% 釀出顏色、香氣和口感都十分華麗濃郁卻不失均衡的葡萄酒。