2015 Domaine Ponsot, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru, Cuvee Vieilles Vignes, Bottle (750ml)

Full medium red. Multidimensional nose combines black cherry, dark raspberry, mocha, brown spices, crushed rock and mellow soil tones. Wonderfully concentrated and elegant, and more expressive in the early going if a bit less sappy than the Chapelle-Chambertin. Offers a mix of red and black fruits (the Chapelle is more black in character) as well as a medicinal menthol quality that suggests the wine will evolve slowly. This plush, broad, mouthfilling wine finishes very long, with suave, refined tannins and captivating minerality and savory soil tones. In a dozen years, my score may look low.
Domaine Ponsot, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru, Cuvee Vieilles Vignes