Clos de la Roche VV, Domaine Ponsot 2014

The 2014 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Cuvée Vieilles Vignes reveals a pretty bouquet of red plums, blackberries, spring flowers and potpourri. On the palate, it's full-bodied, velvety and layered, with tangy acids, fine-grained but chalky tannins and a deep, concentrated core of fruit. While this has shut down, it isn't as structurally reserved as some of the top 2014s have become. It's an elegant Clos de la Roche in the making. Harvested on September 18, this was one of Ponsot's earliest harvests in recent years: the 2013 Clos de la Roche, for example, was picked on October 9. 2024 - 2050

The 2014 Clos De La Roche Cuvée Vieilles Vignes is impressive and offers an incredibly beautiful, fresh, elegant style in its black raspberry, cherries, forest floor, spice, and floral aromas and flavors. Possessing a complex, dried earth-like minerality, ultra-fine tannin, medium to full-bodied richness, and a sensational finish, it shows the purity, freshness, and vibrancy that’s the hallmark of the 2014 vintage and has a long life ahead of it. Drink 2022-2042.

Bright crimson. Extremely intense on the nose, and vibrant too. Juicy and relaxed and very well balanced. Less tense on the palate than the Clos St-Denis. Pure pleasure with the Morey lift. Very polished with masses of flavour packed in here. Very clean and refreshing – and this goes on and on. Drink 2025-2045.