Community Tasting Notes 27

• Musinus wrote: 94 points

  November 18, 2022 - Couldn't resist opening a second bottle. Such a superbly fragrant wine. Undulating, intense scents of sandalwood, anise, sweet pipe tobacco, sous bois, dark berries, and plum. A grand cru caliber nose. The wine offers an exceptionally well-balanced, well-integrated palate, with spice-inflected, lightly roasted cherry/black raspberry flavors. Pleasing sweetness, subdued tannin, and saliva-inducing acidity make for a wine in a perfect drinking window that marries well to a range of foods.

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• Musinus wrote: 93 points

  August 3, 2022 - Garnet body fades at the very rim and offers up an appealing, high-toned, cherry-anise syrup nose with an intial palate of cherry, plum, black tea and cedar sap. Delicious right off the bat. Over an hour or two, the palate transitions to anise-dark cherry-black raspberry and remarkably sustains a youthful complexion. Dusty tannins add a savory quality, as does the light acidity. Still youthful at this juncture, the persistent extract and verve indicate this satisfying premier cru has plenty of years ahead.

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• drwine2001 wrote:

  April 30, 2022 - Primary ruby. A combination of mixed black and red berry fruit, herbs, and some low grade brett which added intrigue rather than detracting from the wine. Full bodied, earthy, brambly base, concentrated fruit, great acidity, and moderate but tame tannins. Excellent but still gamy, rambunctious, and in its relatively early days. This is a 2005 Premier Cru that is open enough to give a good glimpse of what is there currently and what lies ahead. If the brett does not win the race, there will be plenty to enjoy for another 15+ years.

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• dajapino Likes this wine: 97 points

  October 23, 2021 - Baby clos de la roche, right now in a good drinking window.

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• Eugenedinapoli Likes this wine:

  December 26, 2020 - Decanted for an hour, powerful but not heavy (the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove), dense earthy flavors with a tarry dark cherry vibe. Very complex and kept changing over the course of the bottle. This wine could go another 10-15 years easy

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine Ponsot
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation Cuvée des Alouettes
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Nuits
• Appellation Morey St. Denis 1er Cru

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• Pending Delivery 26 (3%)
• In Cellars 403 (53%)
• Consumed 327 (43%)

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