2008 Domaine Ponsot Clos de la Roche Vieilles Vignes
Community Tasting Note
aagrawal wrote:
85 Points
Friday, June 30, 2017 - Dinner with Edson (Maybeck): Very limited nose; palate is light bodied, red fruit, medium to medium-plus acid, light tannins, some red fruit but lacks depth and complexity; medium finish. Is this far too young? This doesn't just seem closed though; it seems too simple. 85-
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Comment posted by gilrbo:
6/30/2017 11:06:00 PM - I hope so! Otherwise it would be one of the worst QPR ever...
Comment posted by aagrawal:
6/30/2017 11:29:00 PM - Yes, but it didn't seem too young, or too tightly coiled, etc. It just seemed simple and uninspiring. Not encouraging...
Comment posted by Robert Pavlovich:
7/1/2017 2:50:00 AM - I remember it needing quite a bit of air to start to start showing its stuff when tasted a couple years ago. Early on it was just as you describe.
Comment posted by aagrawal:
7/1/2017 12:10:00 PM - That may be encouraging then. This was open for a few hours at dinner, but it wasn't decanted or otherwise had a lot of exposure to air. It may well improve, but in this particular setting (with a large group, with many other superb wines), I was not impressed.
Comment posted by Robert Pavlovich:
7/1/2017 1:56:00 PM - Yeah I could see that. It needed over 3 hours in a decanter to come around for us. Needs a long snooze, thanks for the reminder!
Comment posted by gilrbo:
7/1/2017 2:50:00 PM - I think that there is a remark in Jasper Morris' book, that Ponsot wine can seem light and uninspiring in youth, much as you described this, but that then, almost miracolously, they can put on weight and become what one expects them to be.
Which is all very puzzling...