"If all of the top examples of 2024 Rugiens are as good as Etienne’s version in this vintage, it would seem that promotion to grand cru is just around the corner! This is the most complex of his fine roster of Pommards this year, offering up superb complexity in its aromatic constellation of red and black cherries, a touch of dark berry, spit-roasted venison, a beautiful array of spice tones, a complex foundation of soil and a nice framing of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, focused and properly structured out of the blocks, with a great core of fruit, superb mineral undertow, ripe, buried tannins and a very, very long, complex and impeccably balanced finish. Great juice."