Michel Gaunoux, Pommard Rugiens Bas Vintage:2016 Black Forest cake and blueberry

Black Forest cake and blueberry compote with a waft of potpourri

A broad-based nose combines both upper and lower register fruit aromas

chalky finish

elegantly layered and fleshy

the 2004 Riserva Bricco Boschis San Giuseppe needs another 5-10 years in bottle before it starts drinking well

Michel Gaunoux, Pommard Rugiens Bas Vintage:2016 Black Forest cake and blueberry(from a . 69 ha parcel in Rugiens Bas). Here too the wood treatment is all but invisible and does not interfere with the transparency of the ripe yet cool and ultra pure nose of red pinot fruit where the mineral influence is quite prominent. There is also a distinct stoniness to the driving and energetic middle weight plus flavors that possess controlled power before culminating in an explosive, balanced and hugely long finish. This is flat out