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Wine Description
The Story
Clos de la Roche, the Ponsot domaine’s largest holding, is one of the four fine tete du cuvée vineyards in the little town of Morey-St Denis. It produces one of the great wines of Burgundy - deeply colored, spicy, rich and often quite firm. This vineyard, running north from Morey-St Denis and sharing its border with Latriciéres-Chambertin at the southern end of the great Chambertin vineyards, is justifiably noted for wines that age well.
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Wine Information
CLOS DE LA ROCHE Cuvée Vieilles Vignes 2005
Classification: Grand Cru Red
Yield: 9 112 bottles / 1 200 magnums / 100 jeroboams / 6 mathusalems
Lot number: 2005C
Production Surface: 3,4 hectares / 8,40 acres
1st vintage produced: 1872
1st estate bottling: 1934
Age of the vines: 58 years old
Grape and density: Pinot Noir - 12 000 plants/hectare (4 850 plants per acre)
Geology: Appellation located on the Oligocene filling, composed...
Vintage 2009
A warm spring with some hail in the northern part of the Côte de Nuits. After an even flowering and a warm June, the summer arrived with variable July weather. Fortunately August was fine with a period of hot weather in the second week. September started with some rain, then became fine and warm again. A harvest of healthy, ripe grapes followed. The 2009s have all the structure packed in with rich, luscious fruit. Comparable to the 2005s. Grea...