Laurent Ponsot Chambertin Cuvée du Chêne Grand Cru 2016 Pessac Leognan with savory notes of black

with savory notes of black olives and roast meat to balance out the ripe fruit and a lingering

Five barrels instead of 20

~ James Suckling 94pts

time will tell which of the 2018–2019–2020 trio emerges as the most successful at this address (and in all three

Hints of rose petal

Laurent Ponsot Chambertin Cuvée du Chêne Grand Cru 2016 Pessac Leognan with savory notes of black91 94 points Burghound, Allen Meadows This is the first wine to exhibit any appreciable amount of reduction and it's enough to overshadow the underlying fruit at present. Otherwise there is an almost painful intensity to the even more mineral driven big bodied flavors that offer strikingly good persistence if not quite the same depth on the youthfully austere finish. Still the underlying material appears to be of excellent quality and thus more