55 + year old vines. shows the greatest depth and minerality of all the Pommier wines. Great purity of fruit and depth of flavours. Impressive in its youth although has the capacity to age.

A deft touch of wood highlights an airy and perfumed nose of various citrus aromas, particularly lemon, that introduce beautifully elegant and understated middle weight flavors that offer excellent detail on the tight and moderately structured finish. Lovely stuff. Tasted: Oct 01, 2006 Score: 90 Drink: 2009+ Issue 24

Denis Pommier reports that 2005 "was perhaps the cleanest harvest that I have ever seen. There was no rot at all and virtually no botrytis. Sugars climbed very rapidly just before the harvest and averaged a remarkable 13 to 13.5% on yields of 40 to 45 hl/ha. We began picking on September 24th and were able to bring the crop in quickly as harvest conditions were ideal. I'm not sure why but the primary fermentations took a long time to finish but the malos were normal. Overall, while I believe the '05s are very good, I don't think they'll quite equal the '02s." As the scores suggest, Pommier continues to make real progress and I liked selected wines in both the '04 and the '05 vintages. Burghound.com