2010 Domaine Faiveley, Pommard Premier Cru, Les Rugiens 1x750ml

Vinous 93+

Good medium red. Sexy aromas of cherry, redcurrant and minerals complicated by smoky earth tones. Impressively dense, intense red fruit and floral flavors are stubbornly closed but already perfume the mouth. The very long, subtle finish features noble tannins and a firm structural underpinning. After 72 hours in the recorked bottle, this wine showed even more perfumed aromas of iron, flowers and minerals and a wonderfully taut, gripping palate, suggesting that it will evolve slowly and be long-lived. (Unfortunately, both of my bottles of Volnay Santenots were corked.) [Stephen Tanzer, 01/03/2013]