Ponsot Clos de Vougeot Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru 2011 California it is a huge

it is a huge

Pretty much every component is better here than on the 2014

it actually serves more to add lift to the restrained

black berry and anise hints

spicier than the 1997

Ponsot Clos de Vougeot Vieilles Vignes Grand Cru 2011 California it is a hugeThis is also brooding and reticent with an intensely earthy nose of both red and dark pinot fruit that is trimmed in hints of game, leather and herbal tea. The old vines are very much in evidence as there is a true abundance of palate soaking dry extract that imparts a velvety mouth feel to the mid palate and buffers the very firm tannins on the youthfully austere, complex and hugely long finish.