Domaine Ponsot Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru Cuvée Vieilles Vignes 2017 (750ml) Bourgogne Aligote 3 weeks on skins

3 weeks on skins

concentrated and reminiscent of preserves and cocoa

1%abv but 3

but chooses not to barrel age this wine

and 5% Cabernet Franc) is exquisite

Domaine Ponsot Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru Cuvée Vieilles Vignes 2017 (750ml) Bourgogne Aligote 3 weeks on skinsTricky to taste from barrel, as it had just finished its malolactic fermentation, but this is still an impressive wine, made with purchased grapes from the Grand Maupertuis climat. There's no new wood here at all, so what you get is red plum and red cherry fruit, filigree tannins and chalky acidity. Drinking Window 2025 2030. (TA) (10 2018) 92 93 points John Gilman Of all the red wines in the cellars at Domaine Ponsot, the Clos Vougeot was the slowest