Domaine Ponsot Morey Saint Denis Cuvee des Alouettes 2018

The 2018 Cuvée des Alouettes Premier Cru from Domaine Ponsot is a very good wine in the making, albeit, again, in the bigger, riper style of the vintage. The bouquet is a flamboyant blend of sweet dark berries, black cherries, violets, dark soil tones and a smoky topnote.

On the palate the wine is deep, plush on the attack, broad-shouldered and very well-balanced for its ripeness, with a fine core of fruit, ripe, buried tannins and excellent length and grip on the focused finish. This carries its octane very well indeed.