Michel Gaunoux Corton Renardes Grand Cru 2005 750ml

WineSpectator.com/ Issue: Web Only - 2009
Light in color and displaying more spice than fruit notes. Yet this is also concentrated, bright and chewy, with red cherry, berry and mineral flavors. The finish is long, with ripe tannins. Best from 2012 through 2032.

Top-notch Pommard is one of the most cellar-worthy and brilliant wines in the Côte de Beaune, and no domaine in the village makes greater Pommard than that of Domaine Michel Gaunoux. Domaine Michel Gaunoux, first started in 1885 by Alexandre Gaunoux, has a long, enviable track record for producing brilliant Pommards (not to mention superb Cortons and Beaunes), that age gracefully and develop complexity as profound as all but the very top handful of grand cru terroirs of the Côte de Nuits.
Given the legacy of great wines this estate has produced over the course of the last hundred and twenty years, it is remarkable that the wines of Michel Gaunoux are not better known, but the domaine prefers to keep a low profile while continuing to turn out their interpretation of great traditional Burgundy.

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