Pommard 1er cru Les Rugiens
2022
Founded in 1825, Domaine Faiveley is one of Burgundy's greatest domaines. Originally the company was a classic negotiant business, based in Nuits St. Georges and engaged in the buying and selling of wine but not the production of it. After seven generations of steadily acquiring properties throughout the Cotes de Nuits, the Cotes de Beaune, Cotes Chalonnaise and now Chablis, the Faiveley family have established themselves as the most important vineyard owners in Burgundy, with 125 hectares of...
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Deep ruby red hue. The nose and palate are in perfect harmony and reveal aromas of black fruits, oak and spice. The attack is powerful and underpinned by direct, velvety tannins. This wine offers good structure and aromatic persistency.
Dark and rich with stacks of red fruit and licorice plus delicate notes of summer flowers and bark. Plenty of power, structure and concentration on the medium- to full-bodied palate, but for this appellation the ample tannins are remarkably fine. Wonderful interplay of beautifully ripe fruit and salty minerality at the long, exciting finish. From organically grown grapes. Matured in 30% new oak.
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This smoky wine with firm tannins is set for the long haul. It has structure and a dry core that will soften into the rich red-berry fruits.
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Good deep red. Wonderfully subtle scents of cherry, redcurrant and dried flowers. Sweet, suave, bright and juicy, displaying lovely cut to its sharply chiseled red fruit flavors. The wine's medicinal reserve suggests that it will evolve slowly in bottle.
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