Laurent Ponsot Chambertin Cuvée du Chêne Grand Cru 2016 (1.5L) Cornas with a pleasing fruit component

with a pleasing fruit component that is not too ripe

apple and quince aromas and bright flavours

fine tannins and a clean and harmonious finish

in the form of wild berry and black cherry

Paul Jaboulet Ainé

Laurent Ponsot Chambertin Cuvée du Chêne Grand Cru 2016 (1.5L) Cornas with a pleasing fruit component91 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