Domaine de Montille Les Rugiens Pommard 1er Cru 2020

This is a superb wine, among the best of the appellation, with a pronounced plummy fruit touched with aromas of smoke, spice and floral notes, plus a texture that is firm, dense and tannic but in no way hard or astringent. Lovely. Rugiens-Bas is considered the best part of the vineyard and the domaine has a hectare here, just north of the Hospices, low on the slope in the heart of the iron band. The 50-year-old vines produced a lovely, ripe harvest in 2020, and the grapes were fermented entirely as whole clusters and aged in 40% new casks. Drinking window: 2025-2060. Part of Best Burgundy 2020 premier cru wines. Score – 96. (Charles Curtis, MW, decanter.com, Jan. 24, 2022)