The 2009 Pommard Les Croix Noires is a more weightless, feminine wine laced with dark cherries, wild herbs, tobacco and sweet spices. The Croix Noires shows lovely persistence and polish, with a sweet, ethereal finish that lingers on the palate. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2024. Louis Boillot remarked that he and his wife Ghislaine Barthod were the first to harvest in 2009, but the last in 2008. In 2009 Boillot was concerned with losing the singular expression of site, hence his decision to pick on the early side. The 2009s were made from 100% destemmed fruit, as is the custom here. New oak reached a maximum of 25-30%. Boillot is among the growers who prefers the 2008s to the 2009s, which he describes as more faithful and transparent to site. Importer: Rosenthal Wine Merchant, Pine Plains, NY; tel. (800) 910-1990

The 2009 Pommard Les Croix Noires is a more weightless, feminine wine laced with dark cherries, wild herbs, tobacco and sweet spices. The Croix Noires shows lovely persistence and polish, with a sweet, ethereal finish that lingers on the palate. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2024. Louis Boillot remarked that he and his wife Ghislaine Barthod were the first to harvest in 2009, but the last in 2008. In 2009 Boillot was concerned with losing the singular expression of site, hence his decision to pick on the early side. The 2009s were made from 100% destemmed fruit, as is the custom here. New oak reached a maximum of 25-30%. Boillot is among the growers who prefers the 2008s to the 2009s, which he describes as more faithful and transparent to site.Importer: Rosenthal Wine Merchant, Pine Plains, NY; tel. (800) 910-1990