Love this from Buffet. 100+ year old vines. Nose is super stoney, I mean super stoney, earthy, with some hints of cherry and blackberry fruit. Some feral and gamey notes but it’s holding back. You can tell it’s about to explode with aroma. Par for the course for Rugiens. Some nice spice now and pound cake aromas. Ok, brilliant sour cherry fruit and late season cherry all mixed in. Now mineral air, gorgeous crushed rocks and so much more. Dynamite! Just an insane nose. 9.6 on the nose. Palate is chewy, dense, firm, creamy and elegant with gorgeous pure black cherry and mid season cherry fruit, brilliant freshness. The nose keeps getting better and better now it is a crazy symphonic perfume. Substantial structure and yet tannins so fine. Huge concentrated fruit and explosiveness but so fine and so nimble. Again obviously young but so so promising. I’ll be back and score will be higher.
UPDATE: after 6 hours it has not budged beyond superb aromas. I think it will be better tomorrow.
Love this from Buffet. 100+ year old vines. Nose is super stoney, I mean super stoney, earthy, with some hints of cherry and blackberry fruit. Some feral and gamey notes but it’s holding back. You can tell it’s about to explode with aroma. Par for the course for Rugiens. Some nice spice now and pound cake aromas. Ok, brilliant sour cherry fruit and late season cherry all mixed in. Now mineral air, gorgeous crushed rocks and so much more. Dynamite! Just an insane nose. 9.6 on the nose. Palate is chewy, dense, firm, creamy and elegant with gorgeous pure black cherry and mid season cherry fruit, brilliant freshness. The nose keeps getting better and better now it is a crazy symphonic perfume. Substantial structure and yet tannins so fine. Huge concentrated fruit and explosiveness but so fine and so nimble. Again obviously young but so so promising. I’ll be back and score will be higher.
UPDATE: after 6 hours it has not budged beyond superb aromas. I think it will be better tomorrow.
1 person found it helpfulMay 23rd, 2020
Pommard, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France
