POMMARD 08 RUGIENS DE COURCEL
ROBERT PARKER 91- 92 + POINTS - "Bark, resin, and leather in the nose of the Courcel 2008 Pommard Rugiens put me in mind of a tannery, and smoky black tea and peat accentuate the wine's aromatic pungency. Ripe black raspberry and licorice inform an impressively viscous and gum-coating palate. To be sure, this is tannic, but not at all stiffly so: its structure is like a supple yet potentially life-saving suit of delicate chain mail rings, and I don't doubt the life of this wine in bottle will be saved for the next two decades"BURGHOUND 94 POINTS "OUTSTANDING": "A distinctly cooler nose features wet stone and equally high-toned but even more refined red pinot fruit aromas that are in perfect keeping with the detailed, pure and tension-filled middle weight and ultra-precise flavors that are quite serious, all wrapped in a racy and minerally finish that is crisp and offers a fine sense of relief and detail. This will definitely require patience, which is to say on the order of 15 to 20 years to be at its best. If you can find it, buy it."
