Ponsot Chapelle Chambertin Grand Cru 2011

Ponsot Chapelle Chambertin Grand Cru 2011A brooding and inexpressive nose of both red and dark berry fruit evidences discreet liqueur like nuances as well. The impressively scaled and palate coating flavors coat the mouth with dry extract and possess imposing size and weight before culminating in a firm, austere and beautifully persistent finish.

If it's not a terribly well-structured Port by Noval's standards

all wrapped in an impeccably well-balanced and lingering finale

The 2015 Vintage Port is part of our mini-vertical this issue

cedar and dried rose petals

A restrained but attractively fresh

Leoville Las Cases Cabernet Sauvignon 1986(WA93) X 1:WA98 “The 1986 Léoville Las-Cases "Cabernet Sauvignon Blend" convincingly states the case for this variety being the "king" of the Left Bank and the core of this Saint Julien Grand Vin

with savoriness that’s hard to articulate

This is aromatically more elegant with its perfumed

from a cooler zone of the valley

black berry and anise hints

Interestingly this is actually a bit more aromatically elegant with its super fresh nose of red cherry

refined and lacy medium weight flavors that deliver excellent length on the balanced and beautifully persistent if slightly warm finale