2009 Domaine Ponsot Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos des Monts Luisants Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  5/2/2022 - Pinotnut wrote:

  Faulty wine. Left at Fairways to pick up.

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  9/25/2021 - Cote d'Or wrote:

  Tasted over 2 hrs
  -med rich gold
  -lanolin oxidative notes
  -med acidity very nicely balancing, med- weight faint citrus tang mineral saline maderized caramel butterscotch
  -this is really advanced but has some interesting minerality and acidity that makes me think this was fantastic before the oxidative notes appeared

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  11/1/2019 - PDX-S wrote:

  Truly a singular Aligote. Not a fair comparison from the age standpoint, so it is hard to tell what is terroir and what is time, but a beautiful and unique rendition of Aligote.
  Fuller bodied, with overt oak and oxidation on the nose. This wine is at once austere and simultaneously rich. Lemons and nuts, a little little impression of wood floor cleaning polish, with textures that alternate between sensations of smooth and coarse. A real treat to taste and especially to taste across from several other Aligotes. Great juxtaposition of flavors and textures.

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  11/1/2019 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 91 Points

  I guess these vines were 98 years old when this wine was made. Pretty incredible they still choose to make this 1er Cru monopole above Clos de la Roche with 100% Aligoté. This definitely has the most wood of the four Aligoté's consumed tonight, but there's also far more depth and elegance. This is a much more serious wine. The aromas are creamy and nutty... it's like walking through a combined apple and almond orchard (every other tree). There's also a mineral streak on the nose that's quite nice. Very rich, round nuttiness coating the palate. The finish hits initially with acid, but you also have a lot of intense, round rich oak sweetness. The acid lingers really beautifully as well though, and I love that lemony tartness. Perhaps some orange, too. Lots of almond skins lingering. Everyone else I had this with seemed a bit put off by the oak, and I get that, yes, it's more oaky than the other wines, but there's something here that absolutely more serious, complete, and elegant. Just a lot more going on than any other Bourgogne-Aligoté. But it does make you wonder... there's aspects of this wine where you're like, "WOW, that is a very serious wine!" It feels like it has incredible material underlying, but I feel like it should still be better than it is, and do think there is perhaps too much oak balance in this vintage. But... still very nice.

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  12/2/2014 - Billigan wrote: 89 Points

  Not sure what to make of this. Nose chalk full of marshmallow and citrus fruits. Ripe citrus fruits and a little roundness in the mouth had me thinking "2009 flab," but then a minerally, almost bitter finish sweeps in to refresh the palate. Certainly not a profound or especially lovable wine, but complex and thought-provoking.

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