Bibendum Wine Co.
Bibendum Wine Co.
Bibendum Wine Co.
Bibendum Wine Co.

Log in for prices and ordering

Benjamin Leroux Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens-Hauts 2024

Log in for prices and ordering

Benjamin Leroux Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens-Hauts 2024
Producer Benjamin Leroux
Region, Country Pommard, France
Bottle Size 750ml
Product Code 26417-750

Only 36 bottles shipped. Leroux has always said that if there were one 1er Cru that would tempt him back to Pommard, it would be Les Rugiens. A new long-term contract with the same owner as the Volnay Caillerets brought Leroux back to his old stomping ground in 2017. So, once again, he is working with the same iron-rich red clay soils that he did so famously at Comte Armand. These vines (0.6 hectares covering three small parcels of 25- to 90-year-old vines) lie at the foot of Les Rugiens-Hauts, the part of the vineyard considered by many (Leroux included) to produce Pommard’s greatest wines. Deep, fleshy, inky and long, this is Rugiens for the long haul.

Benjamin Leroux Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens-Hauts 2024

Reviews

“Fine mid purple. A very lively nose, integrating the style of upper Rugiens with 50% whole bunches. Floral, vigorous, peppery from the stems, with a fine and elegant red fruit including alpine strawberry. The stems will need to calm a little at the finish, but I think this will happen. It is certainly very persistent. Drink from 2030-2036.”
91-94 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
“The 2024 Pommard Les Rugiens-Hauts 1er Cru contains 50% whole bunch this year. This is endowed with darker fruit than the Village, hints of undergrowth and tobacco in the background, well defined if not powerful. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannins, well balanced, quite transparent in style with just a veil of wood to be subsumed on the finish. Give this a couple of years in bottle.”
91-93 points, Neal Martin, Vinous

Reviews

“Fine mid purple. A very lively nose, integrating the style of upper Rugiens with 50% whole bunches. Floral, vigorous, peppery from the stems, with a fine and elegant red fruit including alpine strawberry. The stems will need to calm a little at the finish, but I think this will happen. It is certainly very persistent. Drink from 2030-2036.”
91-94 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
“The 2024 Pommard Les Rugiens-Hauts 1er Cru contains 50% whole bunch this year. This is endowed with darker fruit than the Village, hints of undergrowth and tobacco in the background, well defined if not powerful. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannins, well balanced, quite transparent in style with just a veil of wood to be subsumed on the finish. Give this a couple of years in bottle.”
91-93 points, Neal Martin, Vinous

While you're here