Fontaine Gagnard, Pommard Rugiens Vintage:2010 mineral-driven fruit

mineral-driven fruit

blackberry pie and blackcurrant cordial scents with hints of unsmoked cigars

energy and tension

(made exclusively from shot berries picked from vines that average 80 years of age)

Vivid is the word

Fontaine Gagnard, Pommard Rugiens Vintage:2010 mineral-driven fruit(from a . 21 ha parcel). Here the wood is less subtle though by no means excessive as the otherwise pure, refined and exceptionally fresh aromas of red and blue pinot fruit, stone and humus still offer really lovely transparency. The rich and wonderfully intense flavors possess outstanding vibrancy and detail while culminating in an explosive, firm, long, balanced and ever so mildly austere finish. This is a classically styled Rugiens and one that