Heitz Lochardet, Pommard Rugiens Vintage:2018 I very much like the

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

With lemon leaves and some sur lie notes on the nose

with a gorgeous

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

Heitz Lochardet, Pommard Rugiens Vintage:2018 I very much like the(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