Domaine Billard-Gonnet, Pommard 1er Cru, Les Rugiens-Bas, 2015 skurnik burgundy DI offer vibrant apple brandy from the

vibrant apple brandy from the Pays d’Auge—Normandy’s top appellation for Calvados

no modern makeup—just Nebbiolo handled with love

unrestrained character that young Zinfandel vines can deliver—bold and immediately expressive rather than the complex

Jean-Marie Fourrier learned at the elbow of the legendary Henri Jayer

Domaine Billard-Gonnet, Pommard 1er Cru, Les Rugiens-Bas, 2015 skurnik burgundy DI offer vibrant apple brandy from theThe 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