2019 Domaine Ponsot '1er Cru Clos des Monts Luisants Vieilles Vignes' Morey-Saint-Denis
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
Decanter - "Produced from nearly 1ha of vines from high up on the Monts Luisants slope. The fruit is picked late, even in a year like 2019, and the result has both great ripeness and very fresh acidity. There are enticing, polished aromas of white flowers and ripe quince, with a saline/mineral edge. The texture is creamy and dense but not lacking in acidity. Absolutely delicious, the only criticism one might level is that it doesn’t taste much like Aligoté."
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - "The 2019 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Clos des Monts Luisants Blanc wafts from the glass with notes of citrus oil, crisp orchard fruit, white flowers and pastry cream. Full-bodied, layered and incisive, it's concentrated and chiseled, concluding with a long, saline finish. This site seems to go from strength to strength in these warmer vintages. 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."
Burghound - "Smoky wisps are present on the equally cool and pure aromas of spicy white orchard fruit. There is once again a lovely sense of underlying tension to the even more mineral-driven flavors that display sneaky good length on the bone-dry, balanced and crisp finale. Lovely and worth considering. *Burghound Outstanding!*."
Country | France |
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Region | Burgundy |
Vintage | 2019 |
Winery | Domaine Ponsot |
Grape Varietals | Chardonnay |
Size | 750 milliliter |