Winemaker Notes
It will be a perfect partner for quite strong and spicy cuisine : entrecôte steak in wine, game, strong cheeses like Livarot, Epoisses, Pont-l'Evêque... The best time for drinking it is after 5 years up to 20-25 years.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Wow. Love the aromas of ripe strawberries and orange peel. Extremely aromatic. Full-bodied, layered and tannic with dusty texture and a long, flavorful finish. Love the texture.
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Wine Spectator
Distinctive aromas of graphite and iron lead off, giving way to dark fruit flavors of cherry and blackberry, with monolithic tannins. There are offsetting components that in the end find an equilibrium. Fine length.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2015 Pommard 1er Cru les Rugiens has an intense, powerful bouquet with layers of ripe wild strawberry, raspberry and cranberry; there is great volume and drive here with floral scents (iris and rose petal) emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with supple ripe red cherry fruit, a little rustic compared to the Pommard Epenots, broad-shouldered with firm and insistent grip. But I kind of like the "unruliness" of this Rugiens and it stands it in good stead for several years bottle age. This is a great Pommard from winemaker Frederic Barnier and his team.
Range: 91-93
Celebrated as some of the best wine in the universe, red wine from Burgundy, otherwise known as red Burgundy, is Pinot noir. In fact Burgundy is the birthplace of Pinot noir and the source of the planet’s most sensual, delicate, valuable and sought-after Pinot noir wines.
Understanding and enjoying red Burgundy can stay simple, with a basic knowledge of its subregions, become more intricate by dialing down to the villages and vineyards or become a life-long passion, exploring climats (plots of vines), vintages and the post French Revolution land ownership laws. In any case, a fine red Burgundy will display refined nuances of black currant, red fruit, earth, spice, alluring floral aromatics and have great elegance, complexity and longevity.
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