Laurent Ponsot Chambertin Clos de Beze Grand Cru Cuvee du Frene 2016

Laurent Ponsot Chambertin Clos de Beze Grand Cru Cuvee du Frene 2016An appealingly airy and wonderfully spicy nose reflects the cool and elegant essence of red currant and plenty of floral elements that include violet lavender and an interesting hint of acacia. The strikingly sleek yet imposingly sized flavors possess perhaps the best delineation of any wine in the range while delivering excellent length on the refined focused and beautifully persistent finale. This classy effort should amply reward extended cellaring.

ripe and still primary fruit soars from the glass followed by gorgeously detailed

delicious and very complex mouth coating flavors of superb depth and length

licorice flavor

leather and forest floor nuances

rich and still quite vibrant medium-bodied flavors possess excellent intensity and volume before terminating in a satisfying and solidly persistent finish

A restrained but attractively fresh

this is not especially dense but it is both very complex and well-balanced

this wine is the most fluid and changing

along with the French oak (about 100% new)

Somewhat unusually at this early stage

which was picked on October 14 according to Aline Baly

like its two siblings