2018 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Ponsot

An average of 60 year old vines, the oldest are over 80 years old. There are beautiful, wild, stony aromatics here, with delicate fruit and purity on the palate. This is unfurling, balanced and long, with amazing length and refined tannins. One of the best Grands Crus out there.

Critic score
95/100

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WINE DETAILS

  • Region & country
    Clos-de-la-Roche (Grand Cru), Morey-St-Denis, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy, France
  • Maturity
    Young 2024 - 2035
  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • Organic
    Principally Organic
  • Classification
    Grand Cru (Vieilles Vignes)
2018 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Ponsot

TASTING NOTES

Ponsot's 2018 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Cuvée Vieilles Vignes is a brooding, powerful wine, unfurling in the glass with a kaleidoscopic bouquet that marries deep fruit tones of dark berries and cassis with sweet nuances of smoked meats, licorice, dark chocolate and peonies. Full-bodied, broad-shouldered and muscular, it's deep and concentrated, with a layered core of fruit that's built around rich reserves of tannin and lively balancing acids. This appears to be the most structured Ponsot Clos de la Roche of the decade; it will demand patience, but it is a terrific wine in the making.

William Kelley, Wine Advocate (February 2020)
(94—96)/100

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