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Pommard Rugiens Hauts 2016 75cl

AOC Premier Cru | Côtes de Beaune | Burgundy | France
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Critics scores
90 By Robert Parker
The 2016 Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens (actually from Rugiens-Haut) includes around 50% whole-bunch fruit as the vines are relatively young compared to others. It has a tightly wound bouquet that does not really have the flow and fruité of Leroux’s Volnays. The palate is medium-bodied with a slightly stalky entry, very stony and a little austere toward the angular finish. It is quite a difficult Pommard to read so I will be parsimonious with my score for now.
Producer
Maison Benjamin Leroux
Young, talented, and more than ambitious winemaker, Benjamin Leroux has finally said goodbye to his role as head vintner at Domaine Comte Armand in Pommard, and instead, decided to follow his own dream. Following his multi-national oenology studies, he began purchasing organic fruit back in 2007 to produce his own wines, and his passion and reputation has just grown exponentially since. Focusing exclusively on his négociant since June 2014, it has grown into a rather large producer of Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune, he even acquired some vineyards of his own. As one of the most gifted wine growers in the whole Côte d’Or region, he is also one of the most knowledgeable of the Burgundy appellation. He works closely with vineyards that produce amazing fruit, regardless of the estates’ reputations or connotations.