plum and cassis notes that really stick with you

This possesses superb elegance and is perhaps the most transparent wine in this entire flight

black and blue fruit profile easily

but the tannins are fully ripe

perhaps displaying more definition to the dusky black fruit

Michel Gaunoux, Pommard Rugiens Bas Vintage:1999 plum and cassis notes that(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