Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, Faiveley's 2014 Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens leans more toward red than black fruit, hints of tobacco and damp earth emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with stalky red berry fruit and a noticeable trace of Japanese nori that develops toward the finish and perhaps manifests on the nose after aeration. This is an intriguing Pommard, one not without its merits. Tasted September 2017.

Tasted blind at the annual "Burgfest" tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Pommard 1er Cru les Rugiens from Faiveley has an attractive bouquet of blackberry, raspberry, soy and cooked meats (almost a "Bovril" like scent.) The palate is medium-bodied with rounded and supple tannin, good acidity, soy-tinged red berry fruit mixed with dried orange peel, marjoram and sage. There is typical Pommard like structure and masculinity towards the finish that earns it an extra couple of point. This is a very respectable Pommard from Faiveley given the growing season, though it does not quite exhibit the élan of the Rugiens from Domaine du Pavillon.

Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. The Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens ‘11 has a lively bouquet with crisp Morello cherry, wild strawberry and mineral scents on the nose that gains vigor with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chewy tannins. There is an impressive weight here, plenty of extraction while maintaining focus and detail, although it needs another two or three years in bottle to develop more personality.