Billard-Gonnet, Pommard 1er Chaponnieres Vieilles Vignes, 2012 SO020326 Cuillier Sourced from younger vines and

Sourced from younger vines and made in a more accessible style

a famously warm

This 2nd Grand Cru Classé wine displays crisp bouquet with graphite-tinged black fruit

and deeply Saint-Julien

Billard-Gonnet, Pommard 1er Chaponnieres Vieilles Vignes, 2012 SO020326 Cuillier Sourced from younger vines andThis is old school Pommard from one of the village's most stubbornly traditional addresses. Domaine Billard Gonnet traces its roots to 1766, and Philippe Billard still farms a patchwork of Pommard premiers crus the way his family always has: open vat fermentation, hand punch downs, and no fining or filtering. Chaponnieres is a structured, muscular site, and this old vines bottling is built for the long haul. At a dozen plus years on, the 2012 is