Heitz Lochardet, Pommard Rugiens Vintage:2016 Tight tannins help to stitch

Tight tannins help to stitch it together into a comprehensive whole

Lurid ruby

flowers and cocoa that ride along perfectly with all its sweet

lead pencil shavings and crushed rock

Convincing rather than just dry

Heitz Lochardet, Pommard Rugiens Vintage:2016 Tight tannins help to stitch(from a . 43 ha parcel in Rugiens Hauts). Here the slightly less elegant and more deeply pitched nose offers up an attractively fresh and well layered array of cherry, raspberry, violet, acacia and plenty of spice nuances. As one would expect, the medium weight plus flavors are notably bigger and more muscular with excellent power and drive on the delineated, mineral inflected and much firmer finish. This youthfully austere effort is classic Rugiens