Domaine Ponsot Clos de Vougeot 2007 Cuvee Vieilles Vignes

Roasted red meats, dark cherry and purple plum tinged with black pepper, black tea, and soy characterize Ponsot’s 2007 Clos Vougeot Cuvee Vieilles Vignes, which combines rich ripeness, expansiveness, and textural polish with an invigoratingly bright fruit skin edge and saliva-inducing, saline savor. While the fine tannins here are impeccably tucked-in, it is one instance where the roughly 14% alcohol achieved in Ponsot’s crus from 2007 is felt as slight finishing heat. But that is a minor deterrent to the appreciation of a singularly fine achievement for its vintage and a testimony to the stature of the best sites in this enormous as well as famous grand cru, and one that should stand for two decades