2008  Charmes-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes

Charmes-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes

2019  1er La Riotte V.V.

1er La Riotte V.V. ----"An exuberantly spicy nose is comprised by notes of poached plum, violet, lavender and a suggestion of warm earth. There is once again a lovely sense of underlying tension to the medium-bodied flavors that possess a caressing palate impression before firming up on the sneaky long and balanced finale. This could also use better depth, but it has the density and tannic structure to allow this to happen." - Outstanding, Burghound

2022  Jubile 30 Ans

Jubile 30 Ans ---- (5,251 bottles produced) - Special Label to mark the 30th vintage since taking over from Henri, vineyard source is the same as La Rue de Vergy. ---- "An intense purple with lighter rim. I am not getting much nose off this yet. The Morey has the saline note which can come from whole bunch vinification. Overall, this has an element of altitude, plus the minerality of the site, plus the richness of the Christophe Perrot-Minot style. Drink from 2029-2036. Tasted: November 2023." - 91-94 & 4/5 stars, Jasper Morris MW

2022  Jubile 30 Ans Vieilles Vignes

Jubile 30 Ans Vieilles Vignes ---- (1,491 bottles produced) - Special Label to mark the 30th vintage since taking over from Henri, vineyard source is the same as Orme des Chalandins. ---- "A glowing purple colour. The bouquet suggests a fine and svelte wine, with a delicious white pepper seasoning to the concentrated red berry fruit. Splendidly intense in a very balanced way, raspberry and strawberry working together with also some of the ripe red cherry notes I am finding in this vintage. A fine Vosne with pleasing density. Drink from 2029-2036. Tasted: November 2023." - 91-94 & 4/5 stars, Jasper Morris MW

2022  Cotes de Nuits Villages

"80 year old vines located in the village of Premeaux-Prissey across the street from Clos de la Maréchale (.6 ha); marl and chalky clay soils. 240 meters elevation. Destemmed. Indigenous yeast fermentation. 3 days cold maceration, 15 day fermentation in cement tanks. Cap is punched down twice a day to start, then pumping over to activate yeast. Matured 1 year in oak barrel, 10-15% new oak, the rest in 1-5 year old barrels. The wine is fined but not filtered."

2020  

2011  Grand Cru

2012  

"Deep ruby color. A very ripe yet wonderfully fresh and expressive nose features notes of cassis, plum, black cherry and a broad array of spice nuances. There is a highly seductive mouth feel to the velvet-textured, powerful and robust big-bodied flavors that display plenty of minerality and drive on the exceptionally persistent finish. It's relatively rare that Ponsot's Chapelle surpasses his Griotte but in 2012 it appears to have just a bit more depth of material. We will of course see in time but this certainly appears very promising." - 92-95pts/Don't Miss! Burghound

2010  

"There is superb size and weight to the imposing and overtly muscular flavors that also enjoy an incredible amount of dry extract that confers a supple and seductively textured mouth feel to the highly concentrated mid-palate. The presently buried tannins are intense and markedly firm though not hard on the explosively long finish that seems to go on and on. This should be something very special if given sufficient time to reach its apogee." - 95-97pts/Don't Miss! Burghound

2011  

"A discreet application of wood does not reduce the considerable appeal of the ripe, pure and airy nose with its broad mélange of wild red berry fruit liqueur, earth, spice, violets and a hint of animale. The broad-shouldered flavors possess superb mid-palate concentration that enrobes the buried but still quite firm tannins while culminating in a beautifully balanced, muscular and explosively long finish. This is also very clearly built to age yet like the Clos St. Denis, there is so much sap that this could be drunk now with pleasure. A 'wow' wine." - 95-97pts/Don't Miss! Burghound

2012  

"Interestingly this is even spicier with its own very broad array of spice elements that seemingly change with each whiff of the markedly ripe nose. The ripeness carries over to the dense, serious and overtly powerful big-bodied and imposingly scaled flavors that also possess seemingly unlimited reserves of palate coating dry extract that impart a velvety texture but also buffer the very firm tannins on the massively persistent finish. This is a big wine even by the outsized standards of a great Clos de la Roche yet the balance is faultless. This should be great in time." - 95-97pts/Don't Miss! Burghound

2013  

"This is also absolutely stunning in every respect and displays a kaleidoscopic combination that is not quite as spicy as the Clos St. Denis though it is earthier and almost as complex. It is immediately clear that this is a bigger and more powerful wine that possesses outstanding mid-palate density and a huge reserve of dry extract that imparts a seductive mouth feel and mostly buffers the exceptionally firm tannic spine on the massively long finish. This is an imposing effort that is even more imposingly structured and there is no point in buying this if you're not prepared to forget it in the back of your cellar for at least a decade, and two to three would be preferable. This is a stunner of a Clos de la Roche and it will be interesting to see which of the two Ponsot big boys is ultimately the better wine." - 94-97pts/Don't Miss! Burghound