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Domaine Ponsot - Clos De La Roche Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes 2016

 
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Price: $999.99

Sale Price: $674.99

Producer Domaine Ponsot
Country France
Region Burgundy
Subregion Clos De La Roche
Varietal Pinot Noir
Vintage 2016
Sku 29352
Size 750ml
ABV 1.00%

Domaine Ponsot Description

A very intense color: from raspberry red with deep garnet. The smoothness of its bouquet evokes the spring: rose blooms at dawn, violet under the morning dew, mignonette wet. There are added blackberries, raspberries, wild mint, licorice, truffles. On the palate, a sovereign taste, rich in sap and mellowness, where the elegant finesse and fleshy fullness.

Wine Advocate: 97 Points

The 2016 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Cuvée Vieilles Vignes is superb, bursting from the glass with aromas of juicy cherries, peonies, blood orange, licorice, raw cocoa and espresso roast. On the palate, it's full-bodied, deep and succulent, with a concentrated, layered mid-palate, satiny structuring tannins and vibrant underlying acidity, concluding with a long finish. Harvested on October 7 at a comparatively high yield by Ponsot's standards of 38 hectoliters per hectare, this year seems to have been perfectly adapted to Ponsot's style. Vibrant, elegant and expressive, the 2016 is quite different from the richer, more powerful 2015, but in the fullness of time, I wouldn't be surprised to see it surpassing its brawnier elder sibling.

Vinous Media: 97 Points

Dark red with ruby tones. Fully ripe but reticent nose combines cherry and musky soil tones, lifted by a floral topnote. Compellingly sappy, thick and deep; an utterly seamless grand cru with outstanding depth of texture and an impression of energy and power to its red and black fruit and earth flavors. Boasts uncommon thickness of fruit and purity. The wonderfully long, slowly rising, edge-free finish shows terrific energy. (The estate's Chapelle-Chambertin still had some unconverted malic acidity--indeed, winemaker Alexandre Abel may need to rack the wine and warm the tank to get it to finish--and was very difficult to assess with confidence. But it's savory, rich and deep, with complex soil tones and considerable sweetness.) 

Burghound: 94 Points

Ripe red berry, earth and soft spice nuances and I suspect that a quick aeration would be sufficient to dissipate it. The broad-shouldered flavors possess a lovely texture thanks to the plentiful level of dry extract that enrobes the firm tannins shaping the serious and linear finish that displays excellent power and length.

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