Heitz Lochardet, Pommard Rugiens Vintage:2018 (a monopole of the domaine)

(a monopole of the domaine)

The Vietti 2016 Barolo Ravera sees fruit from Novello in a site that faces the Novello castle up on the hill in the distance

this is definitely going to require at least moderate patience and like the Chambertin

I very much like the sense of underlying tension and minerality on the delineated middle weight flavors that terminate in an overtly austere

elegant beauty that offers lots of minerality

Heitz Lochardet, Pommard Rugiens Vintage:2018 (a monopole of the domaine)(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