{"product_id":"domaine-ponsot-corton-cuvee-du-bourdon-2017","title":"Domaine Ponsot Corton Cuvee du Bourdon 2017","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style='box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Calibri Light\", \"Helvetica Light\", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background-color: rgba(250, 250, 250, 1)'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRP (91-93) - The Wine Advocate - William Kelley \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2017 Corton Grand Cru Cuvée du Bourdon unfurls to reveal a classy bouquet of ripe cherries, licorice, spices and candied violets, with little hint of the savory complexity to come. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, tangy and youthfully firm, with a lovely line of acidity underpinning its concentrated core of fruit. Abel observes that efforts have been made to render this cuvée in a more elegant register, all the while retaining the distinctive profile and aging potential of these vineyards. This year's blend is composed of some 60% Les Paulands, 20% Les Perrières and 20% Clos du Roi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2017 vintage is Domaine Ponsot's first since the departure of Laurent Ponsot, so I'm delighted to report that it's not merely a resounding success for the new team, but that Ponsot has produced some of the wines of the vintage. What has changed? The new team has made a few small refinements in technique. Fixed must lines, for example, are no longer used to transport the grapes from destemmer to tank: instead, the berries fall into a sump that's emptied into the tanks by forklift—a technique both more delicate and more sanitary. White grapes are no longer crushed before pressing. But the Ponsot style—characterized by late harvesting, complete destemming and élevage without any new oak—is faithfully respected. As is often the case, the domaine was among the last to harvest in the Côte de Nuits, and that decision seems to have paid off in the form of wines that are among the most concentrated and intense of the vintage, and which show not the slightest trace of overripeness. In short, 2017 is at this address a worthy successor to a superb 2016 vintage. Rose-Marie Ponsot, Alexandre Abel and the whole Ponsot team should be very proud indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style='box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; font-style: italic; font-family: \"Libre Franklin\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); background-color: rgba(250, 250, 250, 1)'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Calibri Light\", \"Helvetica Light\", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wine Clique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45258993533096,"sku":"BGD01190139","price":314.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/3316\/6248\/files\/BC_Upload_4f034e67-f8d9-485f-8b94-e7f6ce790db7.jpg?v=1773291555","url":"https:\/\/www.wine-clique.com\/products\/domaine-ponsot-corton-cuvee-du-bourdon-2017","provider":"Wine Clique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}