Region
France > Burgundy > Griotte-Chambertin
Producer
Domaine Ponsot
Grape
Pinot Noir
Domaine Ponsot, Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru
· 2009·
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Tasting notes
The 2009 Griotte-Chambertin is another big, super-ripe wine loaded with dark fruit. This is almost port-like in its intensity, with endless layers of blueberries, blackberries, spices and white flowers that build towards the substantial, textured finish. The Griotte is a totally seductive wine endowed with fabulous harmony and tons of personality. Anticipated maturity:... read more/less
...2019-2039.
This set of 2009s from Laurent Ponsot was among the finest I tasted. The wines are simply dazzling from top to bottom. Ponsot was among the last to harvest in 2009, essentially starting when most, if not all, of his colleagues already had the fruit in their cellars. The fruit was 100% destemmed and the wines were vinified in oak vats. The wines were then racked into barrel for the malos, where many of them stayed with no further rackings. There is no new oak at Ponsot. The barrels range from 5 to 50 years of age. The range now includes a head spinning eleven Grand Crus, which now total an astonishing 70% of the estate's total production. Ordinarily I would suggest cellaring the top 2009s for a minimum of 15 years or so, but now that Ponsot is bottling all of his wines with synthetic plastic corks made in Italy it is hard to know exactly how the wines will develop. I tasted all of the 2009s from barrel, where they had been aging since finishing their malolactic fermentations.
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The 2009 Griotte-Chambertin is another big, super-ripe wine loaded with dark fruit. This is almost port-like in its intensity, with endless layers of blueberries, blackberries, spices and white flowers that build towards the substantial, textured finish. The Griotte is a totally seductive wine endowed with fabulous harmony and tons of personality. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2039.
Vinous
Tasted: 05/01/2011
Drink: 2019-2039
Author: Antonio Galloni
The 2009 Griotte-Chambertin is another big, super-ripe wine loaded with dark fruit. This is almost port-like in its intensity, with endless layers of blueberries, blackberries, spices and white flowers that build towards the substantial, textured finish. The Griotte is a totally seductive wine endowed with fabulous harmony and tons of personality.
Tasted out of barrel at the Domaine. The Griotte-Chambertin sports a breathtaking nose here: very pure dark cherry and violet aromas vie for attention with cold limestone and granite aromas. Brilliant delineation with a honeyed element just in the background. The palate has filigree tannins, wonderful definition and sense of symmetry with fabulous focus and purity on the finish. One of the best wines of the vintage. Tasted November 2010.
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17 Rue De La Montagne, Morey Saint Denis, Bourgogne, France