Laurent Ponsot Griotte Chambertin Grand Cru An Zero 2015 Lebanon The cool and pure medium

The cool and pure medium weight plus flavors are remarkably refined for a young Chambertin yet there is clearly plenty of power lurking beneath the refined veneer

Otherwise there is excellent volume to the equally muscular big-bodied flavors that are richer but don't quite have the same sense of underlying tension before terminating in a palate coating and quite firmly structured finish that delivers terrific length

considerable tannin

Hints of dark blue and black fruit

The wine is off-the-charts great

Laurent Ponsot Griotte Chambertin Grand Cru An Zero 2015 Lebanon The cool and pure mediumA wonderfully spicy, elegant and fresh nose blends notes of red and dark cherry with those of cassis, plum, violet and discreet earth nuances. The intense and tautly muscular middle weight plus flavors are even more refined if perhaps not quite as mineral driven while delivering superb length on the balanced but markedly austere finish where a touch of cherry pit emerges. This terrific effort is very clearly built to age and I wouldn't dream of