For reports and full tasting notes, go toTim Atkin MW's website.

(two-thirds vendange entier; 20% new oak): Good medium red. Inviting aromas of redcurrant and cherry. Pure and high-pitched, with noteworthy energy to the spicy red fruit flavors. Finishes with a firm spine of minerals and tannins and lovely rising length. Very sappy, spicy wine, the most pristine 2011 in the cellar to this point in my tasting.

The 2011 Pommard Les Pezerolles 1er Cru has a detailed and harmonious bouquet with what feels like a very well integrated stem addition that lends complexity. Floral scents of violet and peony emerge with time and enhance the aromatics. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, a crisp line of acidity, quite minerally/stony towards the finish with impressive length if not the depth that one would expect in a more benevolent growing season. Fine. Tasted at Flint Wines Burgundy 2011 tasting.