Domaine Ponsot - Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Cuvée Vieilles Vignes 2019 (1.5L) Condrieu and black cherry are lifted

and black cherry are lifted by a bouquet of baking spices

Some low temps in early Spring had us all concerned about frost

Passion fruit and toasted marshmallow aromas with flavors of pear and yellow delicious apple

The wine was racked three times and is lightly fined before being bottled

Sonoma County’s unpredictable spring rains ended in March

Domaine Ponsot - Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Cuvée Vieilles Vignes 2019 (1.5L) Condrieu and black cherry are liftedThe king of the cellar is predictably the 2019 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru Cuve Vieilles Vignes, and equally predictably, it was the most reserved and introverted wine in the cellar when I visited. Wafting from the glass with aromas of peonies, plums, cherries, orange rind, warm spices and rich soil tones, it's full bodied, layered and multidimensional, with huge concentration, an elegantly muscular chassis of rich, powdery tannins and a long, resonant