Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Cuvee Vieilles Vignes

In the glass

Aroma: dark cherry, earth, spice, liquorice

Palate: black fruit, mineral, truffle, graphite

Ponsot's flagship from very old vines: powerful, savoury and long-lived, with dark fruit, earth and a mineral spine.

What it pairs with

• Roast venison with cassis jus
  Game meat and a blackcurrant reduction echo a grand-cru Pinot's wild fruit and firm tannin.
• Boeuf bourguignon
  Slow-braised beef in Pinot reduction matches the wine's structure and savoury depth.
• Epoisses de Bourgogne
  The washed-rind cow's-milk cheese's pungent cream needs a wine with grip and acidity to balance it.

How to serve Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Cuvee Vieilles Vignes

Allow 95 minutes from open to pour.

1. Open and decant. Open 90 minutes before serving and pour into a decanter to aerate.
2. Serve at 16-18°C. Cellar temperature (16-18°C) is the band for this style. Warmer pushes alcohol forward; colder dampens aromatics.
3. Glassware. Use a large Bordeaux-style glass: the bowl shape rewards the wine's structure.
4. Pair with. Roast venison with cassis jus, Boeuf bourguignon, Epoisses de Bourgogne. Match the wine's structure to the dish's fat and salt.

History

The Vieilles Vignes Clos de la Roche, from vines partly dating to the 1920s, is Ponsot's signature and one of Morey's greatest reds.

1. 1934: First Clos de la Roche Vieilles Vignes
2. 1990: Domaine pioneered low-sulphur, no-new-oak elevage

Facts

Producer

Domaine Ponsot · visiting guide

Grapes

Pinot Noir (100%)

Classification

Grand Cru (Morey-Saint-Denis, AOC)

Oak

Long ageing in older French oak, no new wood; low sulphur

ABV

13.0%

Price

EUR 400 to 900 at retail

Drinking window

15-40 from vintage

First vintage

1934

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