Red Wine from Cote De Nuits

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, 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, 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...

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, 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...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, 98 points: (ST95-98 points) Deep red-ruby. Pure sap on the nose: raspberry, minerals, crushed stone, caramel and smoky spices. Silky, pure and saline, with the tactility of a solid but no impression of undue weight. This, too, is...

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...

Burghound, 94 points: Moderate wood spice frames mostly red berry fruit aromas that display intense earth and underbrush notes that continue onto the big broad-shouldered and amply concentrated flavors blessed with plenty of dry extract that...