Domaine Ponsot - Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru Cuvée Vieilles Vignes 2017 (750ml)

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Producer	Domaine Ponsot
Country	France
Region	Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Varietal	Pinot Noir
Vintage	2017
Sku	103419
Size	750ml
ABV	13.00%

Domaine Ponsot Description

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95 points Decanter

Tricky to taste from barrel, as it had just finished its malolactic fermentation, but this is still an impressive wine, made with purchased grapes from the Grand Maupertuis climat. There's no new wood here at all, so what you get is red plum and red cherry fruit, filigree tannins and chalky acidity. Drinking Window 2025 - 2030. (TA) (10/2018)

92-93 points John Gilman

Of all the red wines in the cellars at Domaine Ponsot, the Clos Vougeot was the slowest to finish up its malolactic fermentation, as this had just ended a week or so before my visit, and the wine was not entirely happy to be tasted. There are very good elements here on both the nose and palate, though the wine is still obviously out of sorts, with the bouquet offering up scents of black cherries, dark berries, pigeon, bitter chocolate and a complex base of soil. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, long and quite energetic in personality, with a sappy core, ripe tannins and a long finish. There is still a bit of gas on the palate here and obviously, the wine has not snapped back into focus so soon after its malo, but the constituent components here are strong and I am sure this will be a very good wine in due course. (Drink between 2027-2075) (12/2018)

90-92 points Allen Meadows - Burghound

An unusually spicy (for Clos de Vougeot) nose offers up cool and airy aromas of various red berries, floral and earth nuances that are trimmed in a hint of oak. There is once again good volume, mid-palate concentration and punch to the sappy flavors that conclude in a powerful finish that also flirts with dryness though it is less evident than in the Cuvée des Alouettes as here it seems more likely that the tannins will eventually round out. (1/2019)

K&L Notes

92-96pts Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy: "Deep purple here, and the oak shows a little more. The grapes come from two sources, one in Petit Maupertuis, the other below the Château de la Tour. A very solid example with firm tannins behind, this will take years to come round. Just enough acidity. Tasted: November 2018."