Researching more deeply vins d'émotion reveals that it is often the same producers - and even vineyards and plots - that produce the wines that qualify for this attribute. Particularly, the two- and three-heart ratings are frequently the same wine year in and year out, although naturally the …
Domaine Ponsot
Domaine Ponsot 2020s: A New Beginning
To good beginnings! When I began collecting Burgundies in the early 1990s, I started out by buying some Ponsot wines, including the 1988 Clos de la Roche, which was already regarded as one of the top cuvées in Burgundy. I followed that with some 1990 Griottes-Chambertin. Those wines are long gone, …
Terroir View: Hubert Lignier Clos de la Roche – a new cuvée
Domaine Hubert Lignier was one of first estates I visited when I began my quest to understand Burgundy. This was back in the late 1990s when Romain Lignier was making truly magnificent wines at Domaine Hubert Lignier. Sadly Romain passed away in an untimely fashion in 2004 and, while the years …
[Read more...] about Terroir View: Hubert Lignier Clos de la Roche – a new cuvée
Domaine Ponsot, Clos de Vougeot 2002
The Domaine Ponsot Chapelle Clos de Vougeot 2002 is still somewhat backward. The nose is showing mainly dark fruits and a deep earthy minerality. On the palate quite intense and weighty fruit - deep and still rather youthful. A very fine Clos de Vougeot - that will need some years to unfold. …
Domaine Ponsot, Chapelle Chambertin 1999
The Domaine Ponsot Chapelle Chambertin 1999 is beginning to show some mature notes - fruit is more organic and red starting to expand the complexity. The nose is lovely fine mixture of red and dark berries - delicate and showing a lovely generous red fruit. On the palate rich quite weighty with …
[Read more...] about Domaine Ponsot, Chapelle Chambertin 1999