10 years ago this was an over oaked mess. Finally after 22 years the oak has receded and integrated and allowed the lovely 2002 fruit to emerge intact. Yes there is some residual vanilla oak sweetness but it integrated to the point that now the ripe dark red fruits are showing up. I bought a case of this at a bargain price but sold off a decent chunk of it after being offended by the oakiness. Time can be the great healer. Still a few bottles left and plenty of time for this one
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The real question is did you just happen to catch one bottle at that perfect moment? Will the remaining bottles show as well? Only one way to find out 
We do indeed live with uncertainty.
Maybe the sun has already exploded and we all have 8mins before the shockwave hits?
I will leave the remaining bottles a few years and see what gives…
I have other 2002 red burgs to play with in the meantime
Cheers Brodie
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Thank for the post. Similar experience with Pousse Volnay Clos Bousse 2012 - 30b in the cellar years back at a blow out price around 40 euro. But also a mess previously, have emerged and are now much more integrated and elegant. Will however cellar longer as to my preference.
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Pousse d’Or post-2000 is an interesting producer. I’ve had a few very good bottles, and the wines reliably have a lot of fruit. But I’ve also had a lot of bottles that seemed bland, a little muddy, and lacking in complexity and the kind of elegance/transparency you look for from high level red Burgundy. Good to know that age can possibly address this. I have a few bottles of 05, 09, and 2015 Corton Roi from them, as well as their Volnay, and I’m going to sit on it as well.
They have tended to get good reviews from e.g. Burghound so maybe he saw the good bones