Michel Gaunoux, Pommard Rugiens Bas Vintage:2008 pure and focused medium weight

pure and focused medium weight plus flavors remain dense

This should be a classic Latour Corton-Charlemagne in time

This is robust but not rustic or austere and should reward longer-term cellaring

This is very firmly constituted and a wine that should really not be touched for at least a decade

Michel Gaunoux, Pommard Rugiens Bas Vintage:2008 pure and focused medium weight(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