1961 Pierre Ponnelle Bonnes Mares

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 95.5 points

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  8/24/2022 - jmoore431 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Tasted with Xavier94, I defer to his description of the wine. 95+ For me, the ‘47 Bichot RSV won the day.

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  8/23/2022 - Xavier94 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  One of the better old Ponnelle’s tasted lately with a multifaceted nose of sous bois, bright red and citrus fruits with firewood, clove, cinnamon, minty herbs soy sauce and a salty Worcestershire character. Smoke and incense continue the autumnal theme. This is super fine with a juicy, long feel to the fruit that shows delineation and elegance. Picture-perfect mature red burgundy with an extra Grand Cru dimension. This, like several of the wines tasted tonight, showed a notably resolved structure with tannins present but very much integrated, now, with the remaining fruit. A wine of arrival and great character. Bravo.

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