Domaine Bernard & Thierry Glantenay Pommard Les Saussilles Premier Cru 2021

Domaine Bernard & Thierry Glantenay Pommard Les Saussilles Premier Cru 2021

Once known only to a dedicated group of Burgundy devotees due to their reputation selling much of the production to noted perfectionists Dominique Laurent and Lalou Bize-Leroy, Domaine Thierry Glantenay now enjoys no such anonymity. Formally trained as an engineer, Thierry brings those methodical and exacting skills to his winemaking, crafting ethereal Volnay and powerful Pommard that display fantastic transparency of each specific terroir. Blessed with small parcels in the best vineyards of Volnay and Pommard, Thierry has set about a gradual process of refining and perfecting how his vines are managed, and guiding the wines through vinification with a delicate touch.

I do not know why the les Saussilles has not jumped out to me in previous visits to the Glantenay cellars, but the 2021 certainly did so and I will not make the mistake of overlooking this beautiful wine any longer! The wine offers up a very refined, red fruity bouquet of cherries, pomegranate, blood orange, pigeon, a lovely base of chalky soil, woodsmoke and just a touch of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and deep at the core, with lovely soil signature and grip, ripe, fine-grained tannins and a long, complex and seamlessly balanced finish. This is properly reserved and will need time to hibernate in the cellar, but it is going to be a super bottle once it is ready to drink! 93+ points, John Gilman