Domaine Billard-Gonnet, Pommard 1er Cru, Les Rugiens-Bas, 2015 CS20230601 and drinks beautifully on its

and drinks beautifully on its own with a cube of ice

but with a streak of mountain air: herbal

and cooler microclimate yield wines that are finer

Known for its high-altitude

having survived the phylloxera epidemic that devastated mainland Europe

Domaine Billard-Gonnet, Pommard 1er Cru, Les Rugiens-Bas, 2015 CS20230601 and drinks beautifully on itsThe 2015 vintage on the Cte de Beaune produced wines of exceptional ripeness and concentration bigger, warmer, and more opulent than the precise 2014 and Billard Gonnet's Rugiens Bas captures that vintage personality while retaining the iron rich mineral signature that defines the site. A decade on, this wine is entering its window of peak drinking: the tannins have integrated, the fruit has evolved, and the complex secondary notes that only time can