Profile: des ChézeauxDomaine des Chézeaux, 2007 Clos St.Denis (Très) Vieilles Vignes 2007 Chézeaux/Ponsot, Clos St.Denis Vieilles Vignes These are now over 100 year-old vines, the label says ‘vieilles vignes’, but the cork, (like the label on the Ponsot botting) says très vieilles vignes’. Medium, medium-plus… Read More

2007 Chézeaux, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Charmes I don’t think I’ve opened too many 07 reds at home yet – but this is a resoundingly successful start! The Ponsot wines are bottled, but not yet in the distribution chain, but as you see here a few of the Chézeaux labelled… Read More

Drunk at lunch and dinner last week during the harvest in Beaune: 2006 Catherine et Claude Maréchal, Bourgogne Aligoté Apparently made in a ‘hyperoxigenated’ way. Medium yellow. The first aromas are high-toned over a base of fruit that reminds me of pinot blanc. In the… Read More

In most respects, initial impressions of this wine were of the Chambolle Charmes ‘plus’ – shame there was some dodgy cork-taint… 2006 Chézeaux/Ponsot, Griotte-Chambertin The colour is just a little darker. Aromatically I started with some concerns; the cork had a bad, rancid, almost… Read More

2006 Chézeaux/Ponsot, Chambolle 1er Les Charmes A relatively pale young wine – medium cherry-red colour. The nose is quite tight – some depth but little width, only slowly does a little definition and a pure red note start to build, eventually there’s also a floral… Read More

The thing about a great Aligoté is that (blind) it walks a tightrope between a great red and a great white burgundy – put it in a black tasting glass and see how many people guess wrongly the colour – this 80% old-vine aligoté (the rest is chardonnay, though… Read More

2005 Ponsot, Bourgogne Cuvée du Pinson Deeply coloured with a twist of purple. Wide, with a high toned and slightly estery nose. The palate is well concentrated and certainly well textured. High-toned, ripe fruit in the mouth with good acidity and good length. There is… Read More