The 2016 Pommard 1er Cru les Rugiens has quite a meaty, dried blood-tinged bouquet that gives the aromatics personality. It gains clarity with time and offers attractive oyster shell aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-boned tannin, crisp acidity, nicely poised with a strict, quite liner, très Pommard finish that just needs to develop more complexity.