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Domaine Ponsot Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru 2018

2018 Domaine Ponsot Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru 

94 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Outer quote mark The 2018 Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru is quite shut down now that it's in bottle, unwinding to reveal aromas of dark berries, cherries, smoked meats, spices and violets. Full-bodied, rich and layered, it's deep and concentrated, with powdery tannins and an introverted profile. This will demand and reward patience. Domaine Ponsot started picking on September 20, and winemaker Alexandre Abel reported yields some 35% to 40% below average, with alcohols in the 14s and healthy pHs at around 3.3. Yet while alcohols in 2019 were if anything higher than in 2018, the 2019 wines are more elegant, with livelier fruit tones and less overtly muscular structure. That's not a criticism of the 2018s, however, which we revisited from bottle, confirming that they are wines that will require patience: interestingly, the most put-together of the range was the Clos de la Roche, a cuvée that was bottled last, in July 2020, and which certainly seemed to have profited from the longer élevage. (WK) Inner quote mark (1/2021)

91-94 points Allen Meadows - Burghound

Outer quote mark Reduction is enough to bury the fruit today. Otherwise there is good verve and freshness to the succulent, round and utterly delicious medium-bodied flavors that immediately tighten up on the mineral-driven, detailed and very serious finale that flashes outstanding length. Patience strongly advised, indeed it would not surprise me if two decades were necessary for this to fully shed its tannic carapace. Inner quote mark (1/2020)

93 points John Gilman

Outer quote mark The 2018 Chapelle-Chambertin from Alexandre Abel is a deep, ripe, sappy and powerful example of the vintage that carries its ripeness very well and shows impeccable balance for the scale of the wine. The bouquet jumps from the glass in a blaze of cassis, black cherries, dark chocolate, grilled meats and dark soil tones. On the palate the wine is deep, ripe and broad-shouldered, but also quite elegant for its size and shape, with a sappy core, buried tannins and good backend minerality adding to the complexity on the long finish. Inner quote mark (12/2019)

Producer:Domaine Ponsot
Size:750ml
Price:
$1,299.00

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