"At the summit of quality is Gramont's Pommard Le Clos Blanc, which produces a wine from a well-placed Premier Cru vineyard next to the famous Les Grands Epenots. The 1985, produced from vines that are between 50 and 70 years old, is packed with ripe cherry fruit, and has a magnificent bouquet of toasty oak and grilled almonds. Sensationally concentrated on the palate, this unctuous, deep wine is a privilege to drink... I was enchanted with the quality of the 1985s made here. The wine has a wonderful deep color, and is bursting with supple, rich fruit, and yet also has the requisite structure to age... Gramont keeps 50% of the stems in the fermentation and uses 30% new oak." -Robert Parker
