Red Wine from Cote De Nuits

Burghound, 93 points: A moderate dollop of new wood frames very ripe yet airy and elegant black raspberry and cherry aromas that are exceptionally fresh and dissolve into rich suave and very pure full-bodied flavors that are wonderfully...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 94 points: (ST92-94 points) (just three barrels; includes some Clos de Beze) Deep red. Superripe aromas of cherry, rose petal and caramel. Silky-sweet and a bit high-toned, with a sappy spice character to the superripe, intense red...

Wine Spectator, 92 points: Rich and heady, like macerated cherry, with mineral and spice aromas and flavors. There's a core of fruit and firm tannins. An elegant, graceful style overall. Best from 2012 through 2024. –BS

Burghound, 93 points: (BH91-93 points) This is the first wine to display more than discreet wood toast but here it's more than just noticeable if not enough to drown out the naturally spicy black fruit aromas and rich, full and sweet flavors...

Wine Spectator, 93 points: This rich red is packed with black cherry, kirsch, cinnamon and tobacco flavors that permeate the fleshy profile. The firm structure takes over on the finish. Fine balance and length. Best from 2011 through 2020. 10 cases...

Burghound, 92 points: (BH89-92 points) This too evidences background notes of wood spice on the slightly riper red berry fruit nose that displays plenty of earth and underbrush on the supple, intense and nicely voluminous flavors that possess...

Burghound, 94 points: This too is quite restrained with almost exclusively red berry fruit and intense floral aromas that are high-toned and pure while complementing the supple textured dusty and extremely precise flavors that exude a quiet...

Burghound, 93 points: A background touch of wood frames an earthy and notably complex layered and densely fruited nose that merges into rich full sweet and mouth coating flavors that are exceptionally fresh and intense on the beautifully long...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: Sweetly ripe black fruits in the nose of the Ponsot 2006 Clos de La Roche Cuvee Vieilles Vignes prepare the way for a more succulently generously sweet fruit plush texture and generally sunny disposition than that...