Domaine de Montille Pommard 'Les Rugiens Bas' Premier Cru 2022
4.7
HK$1,790
750ml
Bottle
Vintage Character Domaine de Montille Pommard Les Rugiens-Bas Premier Cru 2022 comes from one of Pommard’s most revered Premier Cru climats, Les Rugiens-Bas, a site long regarded as the appellation’s closest rival to Grand Cru stature. The 2022 vintage in Burgundy is widely considered strong: a warm, dry growing season delivered healthy, ripe fruit, yet timely freshness preserved balance and precision. Here, the iron-rich, reddish clay and limestone soils of Rugiens help give the wine its signature combination of depth, tension, and that distinctly sanguine, mineral edge for which great Pommard is prized.
Tasting Profile & Food Pairing On the nose, this Pinot Noir shows dark cherry, wild raspberry, rose petal, violet and a subtle earthy spice, followed by hints of iron, orange peel and fine oak. The palate is concentrated yet poised, with velvety fruit at the core, firm but polished tannins, lively acidity and a long, savory finish marked by mineral persistence. It is a serious, ageworthy Pommard that should reward decanting, and it pairs especially well with roast duck, veal chop with mushrooms, or seared tuna with sesame crust.
Winery Background Founded in the 18th century and shaped decisively by Hubert de Montille’s move toward estate bottling, Domaine de Montille has become one of Burgundy’s reference-point producers for transparent, terroir-driven wines. Under Étienne and Alix de Montille, the domaine farms organically and biodynamically, with hand-harvesting and a thoughtful, low-intervention approach in the cellar. Fermentations often include a meaningful proportion of whole clusters, extraction is restrained, and élevage is designed to frame rather than mask the vineyard, a philosophy that makes their Rugiens-Bas especially compelling for lovers of structure, finesse, and site expression.