Domaine du Comte Armand – Pommard Premier Cru Clos des Épeneaux Monopole 2014 – Burgundy France

2014 is the handover vintage at Comte Armand — the year Paul Zinetti took the cellar from Benjamin Leroux, having worked alongside him since 2010. A cool, classically proportioned Burgundy year on a 5.2-hectare walled monopole that has been in one family since 1826.

🍷 At a Glance

• Grape: 100% Pinot Noir
• Appellation: Pommard Premier Cru Clos des Épeneaux — monopole
• Region: Côte de Beaune, Burgundy
• Vintage: 2014
• Producer: Domaine du Comte Armand
• Cellar: The Leroux-to-Zinetti handover year
• Vineyard: Around 5.2 hectares, walled, straddling Grands and Petits Épenots; the wall was finished in 1805
• Farming: Organic, Ecocert certified since 2005, farmed biodynamically
• Winemaking: Vinified in separate parcels by vine age and assembled into the final blend; the youngest vines are declassified
• Serving temperature: 15–17°C
• Style: Dry red wine

👃 Tasting Notes & Experience

• Color: Medium-deep ruby
• Nose: Red and dark fruit with earth and spice
• Palate: Precise and cool-toned, in the taut register of the vintage
• Structure: Firm tannins carried by bright acidity
• Finish: Long and savoury

The Clos was assembled by Nicolas Marey around 1800 — the same collector behind what is now Romanée-Saint-Vivant Marey-Monge — and came to the Armand family as a dowry in 1826. It stayed the domaine's sole vineyard until 1994. The vineyard was not replanted after phylloxera until 1930, and the run of winemakers since 1985 has made it the reference point for Pommard: Pascal Marchand, then Benjamin Leroux, then Paul Zinetti. 2014 sits exactly on that last transition, and it is also a vintage of real merit — cool, small-cropped and built on freshness rather than power.

❤️ Why We Love It

• A walled monopole under one family for two centuries
• The changeover vintage between two celebrated winemakers
• Three bottles only

🍽️ Food Pairing Ideas

• Roast beef, venison and game
• Boeuf bourguignon and slow-braised dishes
• Aged hard cheeses

👤 Who This Wine Is For

✓ Drinkers who want structured Pommard with freshness
✓ Collectors following the domaine's changes of hand
✕ Not ideal if you want ripeness and flesh