In any vintage, Comte Armand’s Clos des Epeneaux is one of the great and long-lived wines of the Côte de Beaune. It's absolutely stunning in 2008.

In 2008, Clos des Epeneaux captures all of the fierce muscularity and density that Pommard is famous for. But what makes the wine special is how it marries all of its heft and power to a regal elegance and suave, silken texture.

The 2008 vintage in Red Burgundy produced wines of classical proportions, amazing precision and taut minerality. When you taste the 2008 Clos des Epeneaux, it’s clear that Comte Armand nailed the vintage.

The wine shows outrageous purity of fruit and a crystal clear expression of the site. It delivers notes of dark fruit, game, spice and iron minerality with vivid clarity and lift. For all of its saturating complexity and intensity, it maintains incredible grace and detail.

Pommard doesn’t have any Grand Crus, but 1er Crus like Rugiens and Epenots can deliver the depth and complexity you’d expect from a Grand Cru. Clos des Epeneaux is a walled monopole of Comte Armand that produces what’s likely the finest example of the 1er Cru Epenots.

With age, Clos des Epeneaux is known to gain even more depth, fascination and breeding. We’ve tasted bottles from the 70s that have been utterly mesmerizing and completely profound. The 2008 has everything in place to age beautifully. There's little doubt that this is a wine destined for the long haul.

To order, please email us at offers@crushwineco.com or call the store at (212) 980-9463.

Ian McFadden

Director, Fine & Rare Wine
Crush Wine & Spirits

2008 Comte Armand Pommard 1er Cru Clos des Epeneaux

Burghound: "Extremely subtle wood frames more complex and more densely fruited earthy and fresh red pinot, plum and currant aromas that slide gracefully into detailed, intense and big-bodied flavors that possess plenty of dry extract which does its job of buffering the firm tannic spine on the detailed, balanced and strikingly long finish. This appears to have excellent aging potential."

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