December 10, 2023 - very thin after opening. Needs a lot of time to gain weight. At its best it shows as a classic Cote de Nuits. On day three it turned to dull and light weight. So I scored it from 88 to 91 back to 89 in between 60 hours.
Bottle variation seem to be extreme.
November 24, 2023 - PNP. Right out of the gate you get a mouthful of classic Gevrey dirt. Only secondary and tertiary flavors follow, but what flavors they are. Truffle, shiitake, boysenberry, lychee and more. Fully mature in the middle of the window. After an hour the wine didn’t budge an inch. Intellectual tour de force. Have never been a big fan of Ponsot but this bottle reminds me, again, that there are no great wines, only great bottles. Magnificent.
September 27, 2020 - A singleton bottle I've owned for a long time. Not a rock star, but in great shape and very enjoyable.
January 17, 2020 - During a Paulee dinner, so only brief impressions. Rearely like this producer. Rustic with drying tannins. Glad he retired, hopefully the next gen changes the wine making here.
November 1, 2019 - Big, rich and long. Excellent but will get better
November 19, 2016 - Great Burgundy Dinner (Bavette's - Chicago IL): Powerful black fruit aromas and flavors with roasted meat and savory braised meat spice. Open an hour before serving, this clearly could have benefited from more air. This kept getting larger and denser as the evening progressed. Served alongside the Ponsot 1993 Clos St Denis, this had many similarities in terms of fruit concentration and purity, while also showing clear Gevrey character - blacker fruit and more signs of roasted meat. Much better than another bottle from the same case from two years ago.
May 27, 2014 - Latricières-Chambertin Dinner (Paris Club - Chicago IL): Open ~90 minutes before serving. Served single blind in Latricieres 1978-1993 flight. Large and fat fruit that came across as quite ripe. Forward and dense, but less exciting than I might have hoped. Tasted blind, I originally thought this was the 1990.
March 13, 2013 - had this a week after the Ponsot Griotte from same year, i think this was better by a smudge, like the Griotte this was reticent on the nose and the palate was more acid / grip with some spice than about fruit, sorta surprising to me given the vintage... have to wonder if this is over the hill (or closed?)... was expecting better
February 2, 2013 - Revisiting this wine a year+ later, the wine having achieved its 20th year of aging, I find that it has become a marvelous wine, in an understated manner. Allen criticizes the wine for being light in flavor, despite having a beautiful nose, but I think he is being unduly harsh. The fruit is there, just not “jammy” – it is medium dense and displays raspberry and blueberry, and good maturity while remaining nicely fresh. (Daniel)
October 11, 2011 - Good balance, but a quiet wine that is not showing now. Some time away from being interesting. The balance is a good indicator that this will repay cellaring.