Appellations
Village · Côte de Beaune
Pommard
red · 320
The firm one: iron-rich clay, tannin, and a name that sold a great deal of indifferent wine.
Under the vines
More clay and iron than its neighbours, giving vigour and thick skins.
In the glass
Dense and tannic, four-square in the wrong hands and deep in the right ones.
Why it sits here
No grand cru. Les Rugiens-Bas has been proposed for promotion for decades.
Commonly misread
That its reputation for coarseness is deserved today. Judge it on Rugiens or Épenots, not on a supermarket bottle.
Names worth knowing
Comte Armand, de Courcel, de Montille, Michel Gaunoux