2020, Domaine Ponsot, GRAND ASSORTIMENT x12: Clos de la Roche | Chapelle-Chambertin | Clos de Vougeot | Corton-Charlemagne | Corton Bourdon | Corton Bressandes

Horizontal Tasting Selection - Buy the Finest of the 2020 vintage. 
Domaine Ponsot in one complete 12 bottle box.
Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune highlights.

The 2020, Domaine Ponsot, GRAND ASSORTIMENT (12) contains:
2x Corton-Charlemagne; 2x Chapelle-Chambertin; 2x Clos de la Roche 'V.V.'; 2x Clos de Vougeot 'V.V.'; 2x Corton 'Cuvée du Bourdon'; 2x Corton 'Bressandes'.

2020 Clos de la Roche
A stunning wine. One sees the richness of the year in the ripe, dense, plummy fruit, yet it avoids over-concentration and has a lovely freshness as well as impressive depth of flavour. Superb. This wine is one of the touchstones of Morey-St-Denis. Ponsot is the largest landowner in this grand cru, with 3.4ha, two-thirds of it in the historic Clos that forms the core of the appellation. The average age of the vines is 65 years and they were planted using massal selection. 98/100 Charles Curtis MW, Decanter.

2020 Chapelle-Chambertin
There is a delightful sucrosity to the ripe cherry fruit, with rose petal notes and a supple lilt to the fresh, approachable texture. This should drink well young but have the substance to age as well. The domaine owns nearly a half-hectare of Chapelle, which is in the lieu-dit Les Gemeaux, just north of En la Chapelle. Winemaker Alexandre Abel has been working hard to ensure proper ripeness: he notes it is often among the first picked and the last pressed off. 96/100 Charles Curtis MW, Decanter.

2020 Clos de Vougeot
Delightfully limpid purity of fruit. The year's warmth has given a wine that is velvety and dense, but not heavy nor overly tannic. Domaine Ponsot sources fruit from the Clos in Petit Maupertuis underneath Grands Echezeaux, and its trademark vinification produces satisfying results. All the grapes are destemmed, the extraction is very gentle, and the wine is aged without new oak and with minimal sulphur. 95/100 Charles Curtis MW, Decanter. 

2020 Corton-Charlemagne
The 2020 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru opens in the glass with aromas of citrus zest, fresh bread, pear and beeswax. Full-bodied, taut and chalky, it's incisive and tightly wound, with lovely depth at the core and a long, tangy finish. 92-94+ William Kelley, Wine Advocate.

2020 Corton 'Cuvée du Bourdon
The 2020 Corton Grand Cru Cuv?e du Bourdon offers up aromas of cherries and raspberries mingled with sweet spices, cinnamon and orange oil. Full-bodied, rich and layered, it's seamless and concentrated, with powdery tannins, lively acids and a long, resonant finish. 92-94 William Kelley, Wine Advocate. 

2020 Corton-Bressandes
The 2020 Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru is extremely promising, unfurling in the glass with aromas of cherries, red plums, rose petals and forest floor. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's sapid and concentrated, with lively acids and a long, expansive finish. 93-95 William Kelley, Wine Advocate.