2020 DOMAINE A & C PARENT POMMARD LES CROIX NOIRES 1ER CRU

2020 A & C PARENT POMMARD LES CROIX NOIRES 1ER CRU, BURGUNDY, FRANCE. 100% Pinot Noir.

93 points Jasper Morris: "30% whole bunches and one third new wood. Lively fresh crimson purple with an energetic red fruit. Very pretty notes thereafter and the structure is sound in the balance of fruit/wood/acidity. There is impressive persistence, the fruit coming back without too much structural interference at the finish."

From the Winemaker: "A fleshy and greedy wine, with unctuous tannins. A strong character, but an elegant wine."

About: Domaine Parent, located in Pommard, in the heart of Côte d’Or, is today run by Anne Parent and her sister Catherine Fages-Parent, representing the 12th generation, and perpetuating a family tradition dating back to the 17th century. In 1787, Etienne Parent had friendly and professional connections with Thomas Jefferson who was to become the 3rd President of the United States. He then became a forerunner of Burgundy wine exportations across the Atlantic. At the beginning of 19th century, Claude Parent left Volnay, the family cradle, to settle in Pommard and to build Domaine Parent in 1803. In 1947, Jacques Parent, then 19 years old, began working with his father Maxime. He then took over the management of the Domaine in 1953, and triggered an innovative impetus. Indeed, Domaine Parent was one of the first estates of Côte d’Or which sold all its production in bottles, in France on the best tables of French gastronomy, and overseas as well. Jacques Parent’s will to work and ensure the continued existence of this family property allowed him to pass on the family estate calmly to his two daughters Anne and Catherine in 1998.