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2015 Thomas Bouley Fremiers.
No less than 4 critics consistently rated this bottle of wine 90/low 90s for a couple years… reaching a low of 88 points in 2018. Then a fifth critic (William Kelley) tastes in 2021 and scores the wine a whopping 97. The Internet offers no hints and does not clear out surrounding vintages, as there are no CT notes on this vintage or any other recent vintages going back to 2013. However, the 2013 has our own Jeremy Holmes piping up with a very nice note.
90-92 points Dec 2016. Neil Martin
The 2015 Pommard 1er Cru Les Fremiers includes 75% whole bunch fruit, the highest that winemaker Thomas Bouley uses. You could say that is evident on the nose that has a more sous-bois character, Autumn leaf scents tincturing the brambly red berry fruit. The new oak (25%) is neatly intertwined. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. This is a pretty Pommard in the first half, then it resorts to type and becomes more structure and linear towards the second. But there is drive here and great tension from start to finish. Give it 4-5 years in bottle.
91-94 January 2017 Allen Meadows
This is the first wine to display any appreciable amount of wood on the very ripe yet agreeably fresh aromas of cassis, plum and kirsch. There is excellent size, weight and power to the concentrated and velvet-textured flavors that brim with sappy dry extract that coats the palate on the clean, dry and delicious if ever-so-slightly warm finish. This too is clearly built-to-age.
91 -93 - Jan 2017. Steve Tanzer
Outer quote mark Bright ruby-red. Lovely floral lift to the aromas of blackberry, iron and brown spices. Initially juicy and saline but distinctly powerful and backward, even a bit youthfully strict, but calmed down dramatically with a few minutes of aeration to show a sappy spicy quality and more harmonious tannins. Should make a rather elegant wine in the context of Pommard.
91 - Oct 2018. By Jasper Morris
Red Burgfest (blind tasting)
Rich purple, plush and generous nose, possibly at the expense of precision, but manages to hold itself together – just – on the palate. Undeniably voluptuous, then the freshening effect of stems with their typical tannins which are dry in youth but integrate later on.
88 - Nov 2018. By Neal Martin
Red Burgfest (blind tasting)
The 2015 Pommard Les Fremiers 1er Cru has a ton of dark plummy fruit on the nose, too bombastic for a Pommard and missing terroir expression. The palate is sweet and candied on the entry. There is a lot of oak here, quite extracted and rather “blocky” toward the spicy finish. This does not quite match up to its showing in barrel. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting. (Drink between 2019-2034)
97 - Aug 2021. William Kelley
One of the wines of the vintage in the Côte de Beaune is Bouley’s brilliant 2015 Pommard 1er Cru Les Fremiers, a stunning effort that unfurls in the glass with a deep bouquet of plums, wild berries, blood orange, rose cocoa and spices. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, its velvety attack segues into a deep and concentrated core, framed by rich, powdery tannins and lively acids. Seamless and precise, it’s impeccably balanced, concluding with a long, resonant finish. Bouley contends that his low yields helped vines fatigued after the hail in 2012, 2013 and 2014 bring their grapes to full maturity.