Pommard Rugiens, Domaine de Montille 2010

A wonderfully layered and intensely floral nose features notes of rose, violet and lavender that add a sense of refinement to the red berry fruit aromas. There is an exquisite minerality to the energetic and tautly muscular flavors that are shaped by relatively sophisticated tannins before terminating in a long but overtly austere finish. Like the Pézerolles, this stunning Rugiens is a distinctly understated effort at present that will require many years before it reaches its apogee.