A very good showing for this wine tonight. Audouzed 5 hr in advance but not decanted. This was deep and full, with dark red fruit and hint of the olive notes that others have noted. Experienced burg hounds at the table thought this was the best example of Ponsot CDR they had tasted. That said, I note considerable bottle variation in the cellar tracker notes.
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Consumed over 2 days.Opened 1 hour before on day 1 but did not open up as hoped.Lovely bouquet and color but lacking in depth.On day 2 the wine opened up, with the fruit balancing the tannins.I believe/hope this wine needs more cellar time.
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This showed beautifully out of magnum at the Pierre Peters dinner. Quite youthful and uplifting with excellent freshness and deep ripe cherry fruit. Not as exotic as this wine can often be which I rather liked as it was very fine and balanced with a succulent, mineral-driven finish.
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2 out of 12 bottles were corked tonight. Floral nose with Asian spice. Dark fruit with earthiness and forest floor. Far better bouquet and the palate follow suit to some extent for the most part . Drinking at peak
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AK's birthday: Under normal cork but still slightly advanced like the '08 the other week unfortunately. Cloudy colour, some barnyard notes. A perfectly middle-of-the-road drink but again a relative disappointment for the pedigree.
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This is coming around nicely, but still needs tons of time. The dark cherry fruit, had held its primary traits, with just a little secondary sneaking in. The dark cherry is tasty, powerful with plenty of dry clay and old farm road traits, with plenty of spice, and at times the fruit seems more red, then more very dark red. This is an excellent wine, strutting it’s pedigree, and begging for more time in the cellar!
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I confess that I have much more experience with Dujac than with Ponsot but this one did not win me over. Was murky and pruney. CT notes seem to show considerable bottle variation with this wine and I must have gotten on off bottle. Have one more to try later.
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Tuesday Night Double Blind $50+ (Bin 75 Alpharetta, GA): Turbid, murky plum; iron, almost granite, mulled plum, salty mineral, still purple fruit, broad and expansive, a hardness to the edge, brighter mineral, olives, anchovy, still youthful, driving acids; fooled me for '98 Rostaing.
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Served side by side (single blind) H Lignier CdR 99. I guessed this right, the wines were both showing very well in a early drinking window, the Ponsot like the Lignier had lovely earthy depth and mineral cut, good red fruits interlaced with some apparent stems. The Lignier just edged it for me and the group. But a lovely vindication for this bottling for me as I was served this wine a year ago from the same case by the same person but back then it didn't connect with me. Probably as last time round it was simply too late in the night and my palate had tired. This bottle was wonderful and I would say perfect drinking window is still a few years off. 94-95.
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To me a disappointing showing when the bottle was revealed. I found it disjoint and awkward but couldn't put my hands on what was wrong. Not my cup of tea.
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In half bottle. Medicinal black cherry, smoke, soy, earth and flowers. Lovely sweetness on the palate. Balanced and weighty. Clearly the best ponsot after 93.
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very earthy, very very smoky, felt like there might be some nice fruit hidden underneath but not totally sure (this had a lot of body)... no that pleasant unfortunately... will hold my last bottle of 5-10 years to see if the pleasant side emerges... 90 given the full body and potential, but not fun to drink at all
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Ponsot Clos de la Roche: In a word, sexy. Maturing very nicely, still on the edge of primary (just on the edge). Delicious, and will be great to drink as it matures further. Actually it was great today.
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This was very fine and less exotic in this vintage with great medicinal black cherry fruit along with notes of cinnamon spice and tangy acids. Very smooth and fine and still rather young. The finish is perhaps less complex than expected but then again it was paired with an '02 Rousseau Chambertin which had a finish to die for.
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La Paulée de New York Gala Dinner (Pier Sixty - New York NY): Small glass, brief note. Lots of red cherry and berry in complex combination with black and blue berry aromas and flavors as well. Cam across as slightly backward and begging for more air, but this is long and complex. Certainly 94-95+ point potential.
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Beautiful wine in a very good place after a 2 hr decant. Classic Ponsot and classic CDLR that shows its GC status from start to finish. Sweet red fruits, beautiful nose, early phase of maturity but will go another decade and develop further without any problems. 95 points.
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Ripe, layered, textured with a savoury edge. There’s dark fruits trimmed with earth. It has some ginger spice and feels quite sensual against the gums. There’s great volume and balance and length is impressive.
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It showed some muddled cherry and menthol on the attack, but 4-EP band-aid brett overwhelms it midstream for an abrupt and unpleasant finish. I'm very brett-tolerant, but there was absolutely nothing redeeming about this bottle, except maybe that after having had tens of thousands of wines, I can't recall ever having had a wine that gets cut off in the middle as sharply and dramatically as this one did. Not a good day for Ponsot, as a 2008 Charmes-Chambertin Cuvée des Merles was even less drinkable.
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Wein präsentiert sich wolkig,fruchtige Beeren, wird sich noch einige Jahre halten/verbessern. Es ist schwierig die Erwartungen die der Name Ponsot weckt zu erreichen.
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Popped and poured. This is a darker cherry colored wine with a bit of tongue-staining capacity (which is surprising). On the nose, I get cherry, twig, sap, seaspray, orange peel, and forest. In the mouth, this is a tangy wine, with medium red fruit flavors, some cola, and a crispness that carries through to the finish. Overall, this is a nice wine. The problem here is a slight corkiness that, while it does largely blow off, leaves me doubting the integrity of the bottle. So, yeah, this was okay, but I cannot say it was 100%, so am not scoring.
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Single blind flight with a 99' Roumier Bonne Mares and 99' DRC Vosne 1er. Though it did give off a nice perfume for a while, upon further tasting and reveal, the Roumier continued to grow while the Ponsot shrank. A couple tasters mentioned it was an off bottle, and the bottle also showed some signs of leakage. Too bad, I was really looking forward to comparing this to the Roumier. Will have to try again.
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First bottle slightly corked. Onto another....rich earth and just so much character. Rich cherries and some serious cola notes. Light pepper and good spice notes. In a great spot with nuance and structure perfectly balanced. A lovely CLDR.
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Deeply concentrated and expansive. layers of inky dark fruit, cranberry and iodine provide a rounded mouthful. Textured drinking experience with great energy and length, tannins are still present. Enjoyable now but clearly built for the long haul
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Served at our 1999 Grand Cru Dinner. This wine was a beauty from the moment of service - the nose was complex with Dark and red cherries, blackcurrant, wild strawberry, smoke and allspice with quite pungent earthy characters. The palate is muscular and dense but reflects all those aromatic characters and fills the mouth and continues with terrific line and length. There is plenty of fine tannin at the end and good bottles will go on and on. A delicious example !
Fragrant before it was poured out of the bottle Red fruit, cinnamon and all good Pinot things On the cusp of the next stage with some animal, wet earth tones. Holding beautifully and would likely continue to deliver
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Flowers, red fruit, citrus, soy, soil and wild berries on nose and palate. Its complex with good depth but it might lack that extra kick for a 99 grand cru. Give it a few more years.
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Mellowing nicely, with pure red fruit and still somewhat restrained spice. Less intense than a bottle of a year ago. Continues to develop, although will benefit from a few more years. 93+
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I suspect this was every so slightly flawed. My wife didn't think so, but I'm convinced of it. Quite muted aromatically and much lighter weight than what you'd expect from mature Ponsot.
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Garnet color, not perfect clarity. Opened 3 hours before poured and tasted. At cellar temperature, reticent, closed, and tart. What a difference 2 additional hours of aeration in the glass made! Eventually, a full aromatic display that included ripe black cherries, incense, cinnamon, and penetrating fennel. It gained weight to real Grand Cru sap and texture cut by brambly stems and fine acidity. Finally, it revealed beautifully succulent red fruits, a gentle thread of earth, and moderate residual tannins. Gorgeous evolution-I wish I had either opened it in the morning or waited 7 or 8 more years. Even now, though, it is easy to see that this is fantastic wine.
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Mostly Blind dinner - 88 Krug, 02 Boillot Monty, 02 Laurent CdB, 89 Palmer, 96 Yquem and etc. (Black Salt, Washington DC): Keith mentioned Bordeaux like and I am thinking CDP, being fully aware that it is a burgundy. Typical Ponsot style, ie very ripe and big. Very masculine nose displaying mostly black fruits, blueberry, blueberry jam, dark spices, tar, mushroom and earth. Exceptional concentration, sweet slightly dry black fruit driven palate impression, good acidity and structure and medium finish. This seems incredibly youthful and a bit angular. I would prefer to wait for five to ten more years.
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Liked but didn't love this. Rather rich - feels a touch extracted on the palate, with very intense black cherry and plummy fruit framed by spice and earth, and feels a touch soft on the palate without the acidity and sense of finesse I look for in most Burgundy. More impressive than charming, and not my style.
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Well developed Clos de la Roche spices and dark fruit. Excellent balance of fruit, acid and tannin. This is drinking very well now and should fare well over the next decade.
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1st of 12, hour decanted, perfect fill - deepish red, little development; cherry and bramble, slightly reductive, some sous bois, attractive if reserved; fullish, long and persistent, grip, excellent fruit covering as yet unresolved tannin, touch of volatile acidity, not really singing yet and not up to the 85 on the night, seemed very slightly unbalanced but I suspect it will come good in 3 to 5 years. A tentative fine plus (18/20).
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This is easing up with age and evolving nicely - still has black fruit and nice power, but at 15 years has now become civilized enough to enjoy. (Commerce)
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One hour in the decanter and no appreciable aromas appeared, even with vigorous swirling. Palate was equally unyielding with a clipped finish. This was really an enigma as this was a wine with highly rated credentials. Three hours later, the body filled out with very primary fruit and enormous structure. On the nose, lovely red fruited aromas appeared. A totally different wine from the beginning, however, we were too buzzed by then and did not leave much wine. My score might prove conservative as this wine still need years to strut its stuff. Decant for many hours if you plan to pop one.
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This bottle was really signing tonight. The bouquet was jumping from the glass with a mélange of fraise de bois, tobacco, sweet cherries. On the palate sappy, full-bodied, beguiling sweetness. Really great.
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Opened and decanted roughly 2 hours before trying and then followed over 2 hours. Incredibly powerful aromatics right from the start. The aromatics were a seductive mix of black cherry, raspberry, earth and dark spices. Medium plus body with a rich texture on the palate. Immense power, but not at all overdone. This has a long life anead of it. The best Ponsot Cdlr I can ever remember having.
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Spectacular nose, like a good vacation. Pop and pour, but not a crime to drink today. No syrup and darker then '91, but very full body and dark fruits. A real treat!
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My last Ponsot was the 1991, clear, intense on the tongue. Exceptional. This wine is not the same, cloudy, imperfect and excellent. Difficult to explain the fireworks that hit your nose, but we enjoyed this for an hour and the color was neon by the end. This is defines the why in French Burgundy. Please let me be lucky and receive a gift of 6 more!!
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Drank over 4 hours. Very youthful nose of red and dark fruit with a fair amount of earth, mineral tones and a bit of funk in a good way. Palate matched with loads of depth. A lot of wood spice and more red fruit. Over time a sweetness came out. Nicely balanced, great mouthfeel. Full and textured. Long finish. This is great now but will be better in 5 years I think.
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La Paulee "Warm-up" Dinner (Spruce and RN74 - San Francisco CA): It's tough to find a better wine than those vintages where Ponsot's Clos de la Roche is a success. 1999 was a huge success. Red and black cherry aromas with lush spice giving an almost exotic sense. Same fruit profile on palate with great textures and layers of flavor. This was the 4th or 5th time I've had this in the past three years and it is always consistently this good.
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Even though the wine was decanted for several hours, I felt it could only reveal glimpses of what it has in store. Lots of (black) fruits on the nose and in the palate which was big for a Burg, a distinctive salinity in the palate which one could associate with the wine's patronym. Very good length. A great wine in becoming.
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Friday after Thanksgiving (FAT) (Palm Beach Gardens FL): Still entirely primary, lots of ripe strawberry and red and black cherry on nose. Palate showed same ripe fruit, combined with good spice, with perhaps a touch more ripeness than I remember from previous tastings a few years back. Long and powerful finish indicates great long term potential to me.
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This wine is just superb with great intensity and real sap. It is still primary but showing amazing deeply pitched cherry fruit. The finish is rich and complex with a tail of gorgeous dark cherry minerality. Young bur very drinkable now for it's purity of fruit and fabulous delineation. 95+
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Dark and sultry, this came across as very young and promising. It showed picture perfect Clos de la Roche lush, black fruit that was really lovely. The attack was seamless from start to finish. Nice wine.
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Drank in the 4th flt. of a large, mainly Lignier and Ponsot Clos de la Roche/St. Denis dinner. This flight also included the '99 Chezeaux/Ponsot St. Denis and the '99 Lignier Roche. The Ponsot Roche was a bit drier and had a little more truffle on the nose than the Lignier, but all 3 wines in this flight were very similar and it was difficult to distinguish between them other than some stylistic signatures that made the Lignier stand out to me. These '99s are lush, rich, sweet, and dense. All great wines. I give a slight edge to the Lignier, but others at the table preferred the other two.
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A round up of notes from november and december; 10/31/2009-1/2/2010: Still quite young, but unmistakeably Ponsot CdlR with forrest floor, sweet tobacco, leather, earth and gunpowder intermingled with light sweet cherries in a delicate, yet intense and persistent framing.
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Starts with oak and gunpowder on the nose, but once it really opens up (after 1 hour) more cherry fruit and floral tones are revealed. Lots of sour cherry on front palate and tomato on the middle palate, which later turns to watermelon. Initially the finish was weak, but again after an hour it gains a lot of weight and dark cherry, tobacco, soy and tea leaves evolve. The balance was exceptionally good, but the best part was the acidity was really gave a great freshness and balance to the weighty finish.
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A beautiful adolescent- maybe middling- wine... I drink the whole bottle while my friends unbeknownst to them drank a lesser domestic Pinot. This wine with its bright red cherry and full dark cherry, earth and dark sweet spice seems like it is on the way from being merely very good to turning into something great. Another taster said it was regal and I concur. With its balance and purity it only needs to shed/ integrate some of its, as Noppakit put it, clean old oak, and put on about ten more years and it cold be something really special.
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Clos de la Roche Dinner (Custom House - Chicago IL): Served in single blind Ponsot CdlR flight. Opened 4 hours before serving, decanted for 2 hours. Lots of bright fruit, concentration and energy that gives this a long finish, this wine is probably just entering its drinking window, which I expect to lasts for 10-20 years. Not quite as good as a bottle I had a few weeks ago, this was still very impressive. In most people’s “top 5” wines of the night, with 1 vote for WOTN.
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Dinner with the boys at Club A. (Club A): Now why can't my friends bring more Burgundy bottles like these to dinner if they want me to enjoy Burgundy instead of the shrill swill I'm normally subjected to? What a beautiful nose! Black and Maraschino cherry heaven! The wine is plush with lovely upfront cherry fruit, some spice and sous bois with just a hint of stemminess. The fruit makes this a lot of fun and the fact that there's nice depth and layering to it is gravy. Solid A-.
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ERI Pre-Auction Wine Tasting (Union League Club - Chicago IL): Wine tasting. Perfumed nose with aromas of bright cherry and intense wild strawberry. Same fruit on palate, just also incredibly concentrated for red fruit flavors. Lots of power and acidity, withe verything just seeming to come together. This should last a long, long time and keep getting better as some secondary character emerges and adds more complexity.
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Clean old oak scent, austere, truly classic, nice but no passion. Structure is great and too young. IMO, it would be nice in another 15 years. Aftertaste is impressive long-finished.
I drink it comepares with Armand Rousseau's CDLR 1999 so different in style. Ponsot has its own way. When the wine is getting fine, it must be one of the most beautiful fine wine and I'll wait.
Tasting and Dinner with Laurent Ponsot of Domaine Ponsot (Harbour Grill, Hilton Hotel, Singapore): Everybody's favourite wine of the night. Incredible nose - toasty, layered, a ton of depth. I got earth, some light porcini mushroom accents, sous bois and dark cherries. Very complete as it is, yet there was a sense that there is lots more to come. The palate had great balance, fresh acid interwoven with integrated flavours of dark cherry with some anise and a touch of licorice, cocoa and orange peel moving into the finish, which was the longest of the night. This was a very complete wine with lots and lots of power and underlying complexity. I still get a sense that it is barely coming out of its shell though. In fact, it more or less shut down towards the close of the evening. This one has a long way to go. 93 at the moment, with plenty of upside.
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Regal! Precise, penetrating nose. Incredibly classy, balanced fruit profile. Back up the truck till the price out there catches up with this wine...4 bottles of this for 1 05 is an easy decision.
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Dark cherry red and a bit murky. Beautiful nose of beetroot and cranberrys. As it stayed in the glass is really expanded and started to look like it may be from the Sonoma coast, but it still maintained amazing composure. Very long finish. Exceptional
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Very dark color. The wine was closed despite a 4 hour closed oxygenation. After the first hour at the dinner, it was more open on the nose. Cherries, earthy notes and spice. The palate is full and delicious. Dark and spicy fruit. Long finish. Great future.
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This is a damned fine bottle of red Burg. A little subtle, a little smooth. A big change from the '03s I've been trying lately. Great length. Just all velvety. Good kirsch. Delicious. I'm sure this can go for way longer, but it tastes great, right now...
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This was quite the interesting wine. From half bottle, we started with this. Initially the nose just exploded with white flowers and earl grey with underlying cherries and a fairly good body in the mouth. This however lost a little over the first 40 minutes and became closed and reticent. I had hoped for a better showing given the recent accolades. Nonetheless it did eventually open up again by the cheese plate at the end of dinner. I believe this will eventually turn out to be a stellar wine, but when I drank it, it was like wearing a Mark Squires shirt under an Armani suit...not sure what to make of it.
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HDH Pre-Auction Tasting (Chicago Athletic Club): Wine tasting. Massive wine with excellent fruit, just not in balance yet and very difficult to judge. I'd probably say this is an 89-90 point wine based on what I could assess today, but so much is hidden that can make it better or worse that I'd really want to put this in an 86-95 point range.
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1999 Red Burgundy Tasting: Tasting, brief note. Very challenging to assess now with lots of dark fruit and an overall brooding character that displays more structure than fruit...but at the same time, lots of density. Not in perfect balance now, but I sense lots of potential a decade+ away.
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3/30/2024 - Topper wrote: 96 Points
A very good showing for this wine tonight. Audouzed 5 hr in advance but not decanted. This was deep and full, with dark red fruit and hint of the olive notes that others have noted. Experienced burg hounds at the table thought this was the best example of Ponsot CDR they had tasted. That said, I note considerable bottle variation in the cellar tracker notes.
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2/28/2024 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Acker "Paulee" Burgundy Dinner (Capital Seafood - Beverly Hills CA): Paulée style dinner. Still a backward behemoth with the fruit starting to mature. I loved this wine’s potential in its youth, but am starting to be less confident.
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12/23/2023 - Rpfe Likes this wine: 92 Points
Consumed over 2 days.Opened 1 hour before on day 1 but did not open up as hoped.Lovely bouquet and color but lacking in depth.On day 2 the wine opened up, with the fruit balancing the tannins.I believe/hope this wine needs more cellar time.
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11/30/2023 - drwine2001 wrote: flawed
Corked
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10/16/2023 - dream Likes this wine: 95 Points
This showed beautifully out of magnum at the Pierre Peters dinner. Quite youthful and uplifting with excellent freshness and deep ripe cherry fruit. Not as exotic as this wine can often be which I rather liked as it was very fine and balanced with a succulent, mineral-driven finish.
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2/23/2023 - acheng wrote: 94 Points
2 out of 12 bottles were corked tonight. Floral nose with Asian spice. Dark fruit with earthiness and forest floor. Far better bouquet and the palate follow suit to some extent for the most part . Drinking at peak
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12/6/2022 - melvinyeowq wrote: 91 Points
AK's birthday: Under normal cork but still slightly advanced like the '08 the other week unfortunately. Cloudy colour, some barnyard notes. A perfectly middle-of-the-road drink but again a relative disappointment for the pedigree.
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8/10/2022 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 95 Points
This is coming around nicely, but still needs tons of time. The dark cherry fruit, had held its primary traits, with just a little secondary sneaking in. The dark cherry is tasty, powerful with plenty of dry clay and old farm road traits, with plenty of spice, and at times the fruit seems more red, then more very dark red. This is an excellent wine, strutting it’s pedigree, and begging for more time in the cellar!
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6/18/2022 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
Nice nose, a little sauvage. Slightly tight even with plenty of air.
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3/4/2022 - BaroloRob wrote: 91 Points
OK but not great.
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2/19/2022 - Topper wrote: 90 Points
I confess that I have much more experience with Dujac than with Ponsot but this one did not win me over. Was murky and pruney. CT notes seem to show considerable bottle variation with this wine and I must have gotten on off bottle. Have one more to try later.
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11/23/2021 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:
Tuesday Night Double Blind $50+ (Bin 75 Alpharetta, GA): Turbid, murky plum; iron, almost granite, mulled plum, salty mineral, still purple fruit, broad and expansive, a hardness to the edge, brighter mineral, olives, anchovy, still youthful, driving acids; fooled me for '98 Rostaing.
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5/21/2021 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 94 Points
Served side by side (single blind) H Lignier CdR 99. I guessed this right, the wines were both showing very well in a early drinking window, the Ponsot like the Lignier had lovely earthy depth and mineral cut, good red fruits interlaced with some apparent stems. The Lignier just edged it for me and the group. But a lovely vindication for this bottling for me as I was served this wine a year ago from the same case by the same person but back then it didn't connect with me. Probably as last time round it was simply too late in the night and my palate had tired. This bottle was wonderful and I would say perfect drinking window is still a few years off. 94-95.
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4/24/2021 - liber wrote: flawed
4th of 12......CORKED......grrrh!
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12/29/2020 - Pancreatitis wrote:
Following 8 hours slow ox this was wine of the night, incredible complexity, red berries, spice, mineralite, smoke. Harmonious, youthful and gorgeous.
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9/16/2020 - BenBlu wrote: 90 Points
To me a disappointing showing when the bottle was revealed. I found it disjoint and awkward but couldn't put my hands on what was wrong. Not my cup of tea.
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5/23/2020 - steinersing wrote: 93 Points
This is fine but relatively tight, even with air.
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4/18/2020 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 92 Points
In half bottle. Medicinal black cherry, smoke, soy, earth and flowers. Lovely sweetness on the palate. Balanced and weighty. Clearly the best ponsot after 93.
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3/7/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote:
La Paulée de New York Gala Dinner (Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY): Small glass, brief note. Magnum. Complex assortment of red cherry and berry with real sense of power. Still brooding, but lots here and great potential with more air and/or cellar time.
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12/24/2019 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 90 Points
very earthy, very very smoky, felt like there might be some nice fruit hidden underneath but not totally sure (this had a lot of body)... no that pleasant unfortunately... will hold my last bottle of 5-10 years to see if the pleasant side emerges... 90 given the full body and potential, but not fun to drink at all
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11/15/2019 - Kim Gerner wrote: 88 Points
Great red burgundy 1999 horizontal tasting (21 wines) - semi blind (Nordsjaelland): Rustic. almost 100% farmyard. Typical Ponsot I am sorry to say, I have experienced that from Ponsot several times in his older wines. Not my style
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11/9/2019 - BradE wrote:
Ponsot Clos de la Roche: In a word, sexy. Maturing very nicely, still on the edge of primary (just on the edge). Delicious, and will be great to drink as it matures further. Actually it was great today.
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10/11/2019 - dream Likes this wine: 94 Points
This was very fine and less exotic in this vintage with great medicinal black cherry fruit along with notes of cinnamon spice and tangy acids. Very smooth and fine and still rather young. The finish is perhaps less complex than expected but then again it was paired with an '02 Rousseau Chambertin which had a finish to die for.
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3/9/2019 - Burgundy Al wrote:
La Paulée de New York Gala Dinner (Pier Sixty - New York NY): Small glass, brief note. Lots of red cherry and berry in complex combination with black and blue berry aromas and flavors as well. Cam across as slightly backward and begging for more air, but this is long and complex. Certainly 94-95+ point potential.
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12/31/2018 - Burgundy Mitch Likes this wine: 95 Points
Beautiful wine in a very good place after a 2 hr decant. Classic Ponsot and classic CDLR that shows its GC status from start to finish. Sweet red fruits, beautiful nose, early phase of maturity but will go another decade and develop further without any problems. 95 points.
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11/28/2018 - Rupert wrote:
In a lovely place tonight. Has that curious enticing Ponsot sappiness. More authority and energy than the 88 served alongside.
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10/9/2018 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Ripe, layered, textured with a savoury edge. There’s dark fruits trimmed with earth. It has some ginger spice and feels quite sensual against the gums. There’s great volume and balance and length is impressive.
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8/11/2018 - MikeATL wrote: flawed
It showed some muddled cherry and menthol on the attack, but 4-EP band-aid brett overwhelms it midstream for an abrupt and unpleasant finish. I'm very brett-tolerant, but there was absolutely nothing redeeming about this bottle, except maybe that after having had tens of thousands of wines, I can't recall ever having had a wine that gets cut off in the middle as sharply and dramatically as this one did. Not a good day for Ponsot, as a 2008 Charmes-Chambertin Cuvée des Merles was even less drinkable.
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5/6/2018 - Bargung Likes this wine: 90 Points
Wein präsentiert sich wolkig,fruchtige Beeren, wird sich noch einige Jahre halten/verbessern. Es ist schwierig die Erwartungen die der Name Ponsot weckt zu erreichen.
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3/23/2018 - rlove wrote:
Cherry, very dry, austere. A hint of Brett on the palate? Not sure what to make of this.
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2/17/2018 - whitmanlholt wrote:
Popped and poured. This is a darker cherry colored wine with a bit of tongue-staining capacity (which is surprising). On the nose, I get cherry, twig, sap, seaspray, orange peel, and forest. In the mouth, this is a tangy wine, with medium red fruit flavors, some cola, and a crispness that carries through to the finish. Overall, this is a nice wine. The problem here is a slight corkiness that, while it does largely blow off, leaves me doubting the integrity of the bottle. So, yeah, this was okay, but I cannot say it was 100%, so am not scoring.
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11/8/2017 - Robert Pavlovich wrote:
Single blind flight with a 99' Roumier Bonne Mares and 99' DRC Vosne 1er. Though it did give off a nice perfume for a while, upon further tasting and reveal, the Roumier continued to grow while the Ponsot shrank. A couple tasters mentioned it was an off bottle, and the bottle also showed some signs of leakage. Too bad, I was really looking forward to comparing this to the Roumier. Will have to try again.
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10/6/2017 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 94 Points
First bottle slightly corked. Onto another....rich earth and just so much character. Rich cherries and some serious cola notes. Light pepper and good spice notes. In a great spot with nuance and structure perfectly balanced. A lovely CLDR.
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7/13/2017 - lepetitchateau wrote:
From jeroboam, this has lovely black fruit attack but it is a bit muted. Likely still young, especially from this format, and it will show with time.
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6/25/2017 - kr522 wrote: 95 Points
Deeply concentrated and expansive. layers of inky dark fruit, cranberry and iodine provide a rounded mouthful. Textured drinking experience with great energy and length, tannins are still present. Enjoyable now but clearly built for the long haul
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6/14/2017 - drjb Likes this wine: 95 Points
Served at our 1999 Grand Cru Dinner. This wine was a beauty from the moment of service - the nose was complex with Dark and red cherries, blackcurrant, wild strawberry, smoke and allspice with quite pungent earthy characters. The palate is muscular and dense but reflects all those aromatic characters and fills the mouth and continues with terrific line and length. There is plenty of fine tannin at the end and good bottles will go on and on. A delicious example !
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3/10/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:
Miscellaneous Wines with Friends During La Paulée Week-Burgundy and Others; 3/8/2017-3/11/2017 (Various Dining Spots, New York): Muddled cloudy red. Hmm, something not right here. Soft, medium weight, and earthy. Rapidly turned all green and dry. This should have much more fruit and texture. Tough night for the older Burgundy bottles.
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1/7/2017 - Levantine wrote:
Fragrant before it was poured out of the bottle
Red fruit, cinnamon and all good Pinot things
On the cusp of the next stage with some animal, wet earth tones.
Holding beautifully and would likely continue to deliver
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10/27/2016 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 94 Points
Ponsot Tasting (Bentley): bright, lifted, floral fragrance
plump fruit, fleshy, tightly coiled, dark berries, pure fruit, very ripe, some sherbet zest, very refined soft tannins, beautiful drinking
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10/4/2016 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 92 Points
Flowers, red fruit, citrus, soy, soil and wild berries on nose and palate. Its complex with good depth but it might lack that extra kick for a 99 grand cru. Give it a few more years.
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6/26/2016 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 93 Points
Mellowing nicely, with pure red fruit and still somewhat restrained spice. Less intense than a bottle of a year ago. Continues to develop, although will benefit from a few more years. 93+
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1/31/2016 - johnh1001 wrote: 92 Points
Meat, iron and spice. Some dark fruit. Good but not my thing.
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12/12/2015 - ducster72 wrote: 89 Points
I suspect this was every so slightly flawed. My wife didn't think so, but I'm convinced of it. Quite muted aromatically and much lighter weight than what you'd expect from mature Ponsot.
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11/22/2015 - drwine2001 wrote:
Garnet color, not perfect clarity. Opened 3 hours before poured and tasted. At cellar temperature, reticent, closed, and tart. What a difference 2 additional hours of aeration in the glass made! Eventually, a full aromatic display that included ripe black cherries, incense, cinnamon, and penetrating fennel. It gained weight to real Grand Cru sap and texture cut by brambly stems and fine acidity. Finally, it revealed beautifully succulent red fruits, a gentle thread of earth, and moderate residual tannins. Gorgeous evolution-I wish I had either opened it in the morning or waited 7 or 8 more years. Even now, though, it is easy to see that this is fantastic wine.
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9/17/2015 - ricknat1 wrote:
both the 99 and 02 were disappointing and not for the first time. i thought the 2 showed more fruit, but a little roasted. the 99 was closed
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8/24/2015 - lepetitchateau wrote: 94 Points
Evolving very nicely!
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7/9/2015 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points
Mostly Blind dinner - 88 Krug, 02 Boillot Monty, 02 Laurent CdB, 89 Palmer, 96 Yquem and etc. (Black Salt, Washington DC): Keith mentioned Bordeaux like and I am thinking CDP, being fully aware that it is a burgundy. Typical Ponsot style, ie very ripe and big. Very masculine nose displaying mostly black fruits, blueberry, blueberry jam, dark spices, tar, mushroom and earth. Exceptional concentration, sweet slightly dry black fruit driven palate impression, good acidity and structure and medium finish. This seems incredibly youthful and a bit angular. I would prefer to wait for five to ten more years.
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4/6/2015 - salil wrote: 89 Points
Liked but didn't love this. Rather rich - feels a touch extracted on the palate, with very intense black cherry and plummy fruit framed by spice and earth, and feels a touch soft on the palate without the acidity and sense of finesse I look for in most Burgundy. More impressive than charming, and not my style.
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3/30/2015 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 95 Points
Well developed Clos de la Roche spices and dark fruit. Excellent balance of fruit, acid and tannin. This is drinking very well now and should fare well over the next decade.
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2/21/2015 - lepetitchateau wrote: 95 Points
A notably better example than recent experience showed. So tasty - looking forward to more!
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2/20/2015 - liber Likes this wine: 94 Points
1st of 12, hour decanted, perfect fill - deepish red, little development; cherry and bramble, slightly reductive, some sous bois, attractive if reserved; fullish, long and persistent, grip, excellent fruit covering as yet unresolved tannin, touch of volatile acidity, not really singing yet and not up to the 85 on the night, seemed very slightly unbalanced but I suspect it will come good in 3 to 5 years. A tentative fine plus (18/20).
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1/14/2015 - lepetitchateau wrote: flawed
first bottle corked
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5/15/2014 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
This is easing up with age and evolving nicely - still has black fruit and nice power, but at 15 years has now become civilized enough to enjoy. (Commerce)
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4/2/2014 - Dbrane wrote: 90 Points
One hour in the decanter and no appreciable aromas appeared, even with vigorous swirling. Palate was equally unyielding with a clipped finish. This was really an enigma as this was a wine with highly rated credentials. Three hours later, the body filled out with very primary fruit and enormous structure. On the nose, lovely red fruited aromas appeared. A totally different wine from the beginning, however, we were too buzzed by then and did not leave much wine. My score might prove conservative as this wine still need years to strut its stuff. Decant for many hours if you plan to pop one.
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3/20/2014 - Goldstone Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dinner with Ann Colgin (Crown Wine Cellars, 18 Deep Water Bay Drive, Shouson Hill, Hong Kong): Transparent Ox-blood red. Nose is very lightly perfumed elegance. Palate is very fresh, balanced and light with a nice dry finish.
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2/1/2014 - mwanasheria wrote: 96 Points
This bottle was really signing tonight. The bouquet was jumping from the glass with a mélange of fraise de bois, tobacco, sweet cherries. On the palate sappy, full-bodied, beguiling sweetness. Really great.
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1/17/2014 - WKC wrote: flawed
Distinctive aromas but harsh on palate. Very possibly a bad bottle.
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12/14/2013 - MatthewF wrote:
Opened and decanted roughly 2 hours before trying and then followed over 2 hours. Incredibly powerful aromatics right from the start. The aromatics were a seductive mix of black cherry, raspberry, earth and dark spices. Medium plus body with a rich texture on the palate. Immense power, but not at all overdone. This has a long life anead of it. The best Ponsot Cdlr I can ever remember having.
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10/15/2013 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Some sandalwood and black cherry aromas. This is dark, deeply pitched and even. It is plush with great volume. Terrific wine.
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4/11/2013 - 83AJ wrote: 99 Points
Spectacular nose, like a good vacation. Pop and pour, but not a crime to drink today. No syrup and darker then '91, but very full body and dark fruits. A real treat!
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2/16/2013 - 83AJ Likes this wine: 98 Points
My last Ponsot was the 1991, clear, intense on the tongue. Exceptional. This wine is not the same, cloudy, imperfect and excellent. Difficult to explain the fireworks that hit your nose, but we enjoyed this for an hour and the color was neon by the end. This is defines the why in French Burgundy. Please let me be lucky and receive a gift of 6 more!!
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1/12/2013 - PeterH Likes this wine: 96 Points
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
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1/8/2013 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
Dark color, tasty but barely civilized - black and coarse. Will need more time but will eventually be great.
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11/10/2012 - jrobs7777 wrote: flawed
Corked. Initially some debate (I thought it from the start). A half hour later, yep, definitely corked.
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9/25/2012 - johnh1001 wrote: 93 Points
Drank over 4 hours. Very youthful nose of red and dark fruit with a fair amount of earth, mineral tones and a bit of funk in a good way. Palate matched with loads of depth. A lot of wood spice and more red fruit. Over time a sweetness came out. Nicely balanced, great mouthfeel. Full and textured. Long finish. This is great now but will be better in 5 years I think.
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6/2/2012 - BradE wrote:
So young it's almost painful. Hide these in the back of the cellar.
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5/13/2012 - ricknat1 Likes this wine: 94 Points
absolutely lush, rich and delicious while clearly on the way up it is quite drinkable now
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2/24/2012 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
La Paulee "Warm-up" Dinner (Spruce and RN74 - San Francisco CA): It's tough to find a better wine than those vintages where Ponsot's Clos de la Roche is a success. 1999 was a huge success. Red and black cherry aromas with lush spice giving an almost exotic sense. Same fruit profile on palate with great textures and layers of flavor. This was the 4th or 5th time I've had this in the past three years and it is always consistently this good.
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1/27/2012 - DAN BAILEY wrote:
Seriously big/imposing wine. Rich, black fruits with hints of roast coffee beans. Will be amazing in another 10-15 years.
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1/2/2012 - thomasito2001 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Even though the wine was decanted for several hours, I felt it could only reveal glimpses of what it has in store. Lots of (black) fruits on the nose and in the palate which was big for a Burg, a distinctive salinity in the palate which one could associate with the wine's patronym. Very good length. A great wine in becoming.
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11/25/2011 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Friday after Thanksgiving (FAT) (Palm Beach Gardens FL): Still entirely primary, lots of ripe strawberry and red and black cherry on nose. Palate showed same ripe fruit, combined with good spice, with perhaps a touch more ripeness than I remember from previous tastings a few years back. Long and powerful finish indicates great long term potential to me.
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9/11/2011 - dream wrote: 95 Points
This wine is just superb with great intensity and real sap. It is still primary but showing amazing deeply pitched cherry fruit. The finish is rich and complex with a tail of gorgeous dark cherry minerality. Young bur very drinkable now for it's purity of fruit and fabulous delineation. 95+
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8/6/2011 - lepetitchateau wrote: 94 Points
Dark and sultry, this came across as very young and promising. It showed picture perfect Clos de la Roche lush, black fruit that was really lovely. The attack was seamless from start to finish. Nice wine.
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6/2/2011 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
Heavy nose, lots of fruit on this but lacks elegance, lacks zip but has nice character and decent density. Approachable soon, but will last.
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5/17/2011 - DStyner Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drank in the 4th flt. of a large, mainly Lignier and Ponsot Clos de la Roche/St. Denis dinner. This flight also included the '99 Chezeaux/Ponsot St. Denis and the '99 Lignier Roche. The Ponsot Roche was a bit drier and had a little more truffle on the nose than the Lignier, but all 3 wines in this flight were very similar and it was difficult to distinguish between them other than some stylistic signatures that made the Lignier stand out to me. These '99s are lush, rich, sweet, and dense. All great wines. I give a slight edge to the Lignier, but others at the table preferred the other two.
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3/3/2010 - Rupert wrote:
Goedhuis Burgundy Growers Walkaround Tasting (Saatchi Gallery, London SW3): Still a bit reticent, but unlike last time when I wasn't convinced, this time it was clearly a profound wine, not big though
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12/31/2009 - gorm wrote: 94 Points
A round up of notes from november and december; 10/31/2009-1/2/2010: Still quite young, but unmistakeably Ponsot CdlR with forrest floor, sweet tobacco, leather, earth and gunpowder intermingled with light sweet cherries in a delicate, yet intense and persistent framing.
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7/30/2009 - JJL wrote: 94 Points
Starts with oak and gunpowder on the nose, but once it really opens up (after 1 hour) more cherry fruit and floral tones are revealed. Lots of sour cherry on front palate and tomato on the middle palate, which later turns to watermelon. Initially the finish was weak, but again after an hour it gains a lot of weight and dark cherry, tobacco, soy and tea leaves evolve. The balance was exceptionally good, but the best part was the acidity was really gave a great freshness and balance to the weighty finish.
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5/25/2009 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 94 Points
A beautiful adolescent- maybe middling- wine... I drink the whole bottle while my friends unbeknownst to them drank a lesser domestic Pinot. This wine with its bright red cherry and full dark cherry, earth and dark sweet spice seems like it is on the way from being merely very good to turning into something great. Another taster said it was regal and I concur. With its balance and purity it only needs to shed/ integrate some of its, as Noppakit put it, clean old oak, and put on about ten more years and it cold be something really special.
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5/4/2009 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Clos de la Roche Dinner (Custom House - Chicago IL): Served in single blind Ponsot CdlR flight. Opened 4 hours before serving, decanted for 2 hours. Lots of bright fruit, concentration and energy that gives this a long finish, this wine is probably just entering its drinking window, which I expect to lasts for 10-20 years. Not quite as good as a bottle I had a few weeks ago, this was still very impressive. In most people’s “top 5” wines of the night, with 1 vote for WOTN.
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4/20/2009 - BradKNYC wrote:
Dinner with the boys at Club A. (Club A): Now why can't my friends bring more Burgundy bottles like these to dinner if they want me to enjoy Burgundy instead of the shrill swill I'm normally subjected to? What a beautiful nose! Black and Maraschino cherry heaven! The wine is plush with lovely upfront cherry fruit, some spice and sous bois with just a hint of stemminess. The fruit makes this a lot of fun and the fact that there's nice depth and layering to it is gravy. Solid A-.
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4/19/2009 - Burgundy Al wrote: 95 Points
ERI Pre-Auction Wine Tasting (Union League Club - Chicago IL): Wine tasting. Perfumed nose with aromas of bright cherry and intense wild strawberry. Same fruit on palate, just also incredibly concentrated for red fruit flavors. Lots of power and acidity, withe verything just seeming to come together. This should last a long, long time and keep getting better as some secondary character emerges and adds more complexity.
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2/20/2009 - noppakit s. wrote: 93 Points
Clean old oak scent, austere, truly classic, nice but no passion. Structure is great and too young. IMO, it would be nice in another 15 years. Aftertaste is impressive long-finished.
I drink it comepares with Armand Rousseau's CDLR 1999 so different in style. Ponsot has its own way. When the wine is getting fine, it must be one of the most beautiful fine wine and I'll wait.
Drink 2024 - 2040........................93-94/100...........................
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2/19/2009 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Tasting and Dinner with Laurent Ponsot of Domaine Ponsot (Harbour Grill, Hilton Hotel, Singapore): Everybody's favourite wine of the night. Incredible nose - toasty, layered, a ton of depth. I got earth, some light porcini mushroom accents, sous bois and dark cherries. Very complete as it is, yet there was a sense that there is lots more to come. The palate had great balance, fresh acid interwoven with integrated flavours of dark cherry with some anise and a touch of licorice, cocoa and orange peel moving into the finish, which was the longest of the night. This was a very complete wine with lots and lots of power and underlying complexity. I still get a sense that it is barely coming out of its shell though. In fact, it more or less shut down towards the close of the evening. This one has a long way to go. 93 at the moment, with plenty of upside.
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10/22/2008 - DAN BAILEY wrote:
Regal! Precise, penetrating nose. Incredibly classy, balanced fruit profile. Back up the truck till the price out there catches up with this wine...4 bottles of this for 1 05 is an easy decision.
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10/21/2008 - Rupert wrote:
Burghound comes to London (One Great George Street): Once again, earth, spice, stalks, fuller, but less expressive than the 1998 tonight [90]
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12/30/2007 - Johann Von Mastiff wrote: 96 Points
Dark cherry red and a bit murky. Beautiful nose of beetroot and cranberrys. As it stayed in the glass is really expanded and started to look like it may be from the Sonoma coast, but it still maintained amazing composure. Very long finish. Exceptional
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4/14/2007 - jamiekutch wrote:
Seattle Trip: 90 Krug, 00 Dauvissat Les Clos, 66 Leroy Chap. Cham., 99 Ponsot CdlR, 02 Beauclair BM, 96 Poyferre: Earth notes innitially on the nose with lots of herb / stalk / herbatious (not in a negetive way). That began to dissipated as the wine took on air and we left with fine texture, earth and clay. Roy didn't shit his pants like he did back in March 06 (why I brought the bottle) but none-the-less, it was a mightly drink.
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1/13/2007 - DCornutt wrote: 93 Points
Very dark color. The wine was closed despite a 4 hour closed oxygenation. After the first hour at the dinner, it was more open on the nose. Cherries, earthy notes and spice. The palate is full and delicious. Dark and spicy fruit. Long finish. Great future.
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10/6/2006 - PeterH wrote: 95 Points
This is a damned fine bottle of red Burg. A little subtle, a little smooth. A big change from the '03s I've been trying lately. Great length. Just all velvety. Good kirsch. Delicious. I'm sure this can go for way longer, but it tastes great, right now...
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4/10/2006 - Dteng wrote: 92 Points
This was quite the interesting wine.
From half bottle, we started with this. Initially the nose just exploded with white flowers and earl grey with underlying cherries and a fairly good body in the mouth. This however lost a little over the first 40 minutes and became closed and reticent. I had hoped for a better showing given the recent accolades. Nonetheless it did eventually open up again by the cheese plate at the end of dinner. I believe this will eventually turn out to be a stellar wine, but when I drank it, it was like wearing a Mark Squires shirt under an Armani suit...not sure what to make of it.
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9/17/2005 - Burgundy Al wrote:
HDH Pre-Auction Tasting (Chicago Athletic Club): Wine tasting. Massive wine with excellent fruit, just not in balance yet and very difficult to judge. I'd probably say this is an 89-90 point wine based on what I could assess today, but so much is hidden that can make it better or worse that I'd really want to put this in an 86-95 point range.
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9/17/2005 - winefool wrote: 90 Points
HDH Pre-auction tasting (Chicago Athletic Club): Big forward nose. Tight and rich, may get better but not much in the way of burgundy character.
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10/11/2004 - Burgundy Al wrote:
1999 Red Burgundy Tasting: Tasting, brief note. Very challenging to assess now with lots of dark fruit and an overall brooding character that displays more structure than fruit...but at the same time, lots of density. Not in perfect balance now, but I sense lots of potential a decade+ away.
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