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  • Country ranking ?

    725
  • Producer ranking ?

    12
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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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

Laurent Ponsot has been described by some wine critics as a maverick due to his tendency to harvest as late as possible in order to obtain the maximum ripeness of fruit. Since 1999, Laurent has been on a mission to further augment the quality of his wines, and those that have tasted each vintage since then will confirm the noticeable quantum leap in the quality, complexity, and balance in his wines.

Domaine Ponsot, situated at the top of th...

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Vintage 1990

1990 VINTAGE in Burgundy

This is probably the vintage of reference for many people in Burgundy. Exceptional climatic conditions allowed an abundant crop to mature perfectly and yield some most sensational wines in both red and white. The white wines have maintained their elegant aromas and freshness which has made them even more appealing, whilst the reds are concentrated and well built with tannins which remain firm but smooth. To be enjoy...

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Written Notes

The 1990 Ponsot Clos de la Roche VV was so good that it made me come up with a new noun, a WILF. As in a Wine I’d Like to F lol…which is all the more appropriate by the fact that one of the world’s greatest collectors shares the same name. How come I never thought up that one before? The Posnot was definitely a WILF, ‘serious’ as one guest put it. What a nose…it was ripe with big smokehouse and deep ocean intermingled with loads of black and purple. Mint, rich iron and fruit complemented the ‘chocolate/cherry deal,’ as M put it. There was greater stink and black fruit to this ‘denser’ wine. This was a Ferrari tire fresh off the pavement, thick as a brick and then some (97).

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Origin

Beaune, Burgundy

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