2011 Domaine Ponsot, Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru

Colour: Red

Vintage: 2011

Region: Burgundy

% Alcohol: 13.50

50 NM

18 JR

2011 Domaine Ponsot, Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru

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Tasting Notes and Scores

50 NM

Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. The Griotte-Chambertin 2011 has a concentrated, fruit-driven bouquet with blackcurrants, sloe, boysenberry jam and just a lick of nail varnish. The palate is medium-bodied with a bitter entry; rather green underneath that carapace of sweet candied red fruit and the finish is bereft of harmony and focus. This is a strange showing for a grand cru of this stature and I will seek to re-taste it because others warmed to it more than I did.

Neal Martin

Robert Parker

2014-11-30

18 JR

The first wine to have just a hint of something possibly reduction related on the nose but with splendiferous fruit on the palate. Racy and pretty rich though very far from heavy. (JR)

Jancis Robinson

2012-11-27